Plagiobothrys scouleri
From Puget Prairie Plants
- Scientific Name: Plagiobothrys scouleri
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Common Names: Scouler's popcorn flower
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Allocarya granulata, Allocarya scouleri, Plagiobothrys granulatus
- CODON: PLASCO
Contents
Taxonomy
| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
| Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Asteranae |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A. Mey. |
| Species: | Plagiobothrys scouleri (Hook & Arn.) I.M. Johnst. |
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Description
Hairy, tap-rooted annual.
Flowers grow in tight, elongate clusters and have 5 petals fused at the base with a small set of appendages in the corolla throat where the white petals become yellow. Calyx is also basally fused and very hairy.
Leaves are narrow, hairy, lower pairs of leaves are opposite, becoming alternate up the stem. [2][3]
Fruits are nutlets and have a ventral keel with a raised scar along the keel.[4]
Bloom Period
May-August[3]
Distribution
South Victoria Island to Northwestern California, West Cascades, east in Columbia River Gorge to Blue Mountains.[4]
Habitat
Vernally moist depressions, shorelines.[4]
Photo Gallery
Photo: Ben Legler 2004
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32016#null
- ↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20scouleri
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
