Difference between revisions of "Plagiobothrys figuratus"
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| + | Moist to mesic coastal bluffs in the lowland zone; rare on SE Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, known recently only from Whaling Station Bay (Hornby Island); S to OR. | ||
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| + | NP: No Plagiobothrys. [We (DGM & PGM) grew it readily in garden beds, planting seeds in the fall (November) and in the spring (March). If the seeds sprout too early the frost kills them.] | ||
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==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
==Propagation== | ==Propagation== | ||
==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 08:20, 8 May 2012
Contents
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- (unranked): Angiosperms
- (unranked): Eudicots
- (unranked): Asterids
- Order: (unplaced)
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Genus: Plagiobothrys
- Species: P. figuratus
Description
General: Annual herb from fibrous roots; sparsely to moderately straight appressed-hairy, also sometimes with slender spreading hairs; stems simple or branched, 10-40 cm tall. Leaves: Basal leaves nearly lacking; stem leaves oblong to linear, entire, 0.5-8 cm long, 3-8 mm wide, the lower 2-4 pairs opposite, the others alternate. Flowers: Inflorescence of several coiled, narrow, elongating, often paired spikes that lack bracts; flowers relatively large and showy; petals white, fused at base into a tube that spreads (5-10 mm wide) abruptly at top to 5 lobes, the throat with 5 yellow bulges; fruiting calyces 3-4 mm long, densely ascending-hairy. Fruits: Nutlets 4 (or fewer by abortion), egg-shaped, 1.2-1.7 mm long, wrinkled-pimply on both sides.
Bloom Period
Distribution
Habitat
Moist to mesic coastal bluffs in the lowland zone; rare on SE Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, known recently only from Whaling Station Bay (Hornby Island); S to OR.
NP: No Plagiobothrys. [We (DGM & PGM) grew it readily in garden beds, planting seeds in the fall (November) and in the spring (March). If the seeds sprout too early the frost kills them.]
