Difference between revisions of "Leptosiphon bicolor"
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*'''Genus''': ''Leptosiphon'' | *'''Genus''': ''Leptosiphon'' | ||
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'''General:''' Slender annual up to 1.5 dm. tall, the stem puberulent, often branched at the base, otherwise usually simple. | '''General:''' Slender annual up to 1.5 dm. tall, the stem puberulent, often branched at the base, otherwise usually simple. | ||
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West of the Cascades, Vancouver Island, B. C., to California, east through the Columbia Gorge | West of the Cascades, Vancouver Island, B. C., to California, east through the Columbia Gorge | ||
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Mesic to dry, open, grassy places in the lowland zone; locally frequent on S Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands; S to CA. | Mesic to dry, open, grassy places in the lowland zone; locally frequent on S Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands; S to CA. | ||
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===Seed=== | ===Seed=== | ||
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'''Longitudinal cross section:''' elliptical [[File:LEBI long.png]] , and at times, obovate [[File:LEBI long ob.png]] | '''Longitudinal cross section:''' elliptical [[File:LEBI long.png]] , and at times, obovate [[File:LEBI long ob.png]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:13, 21 May 2012
Common name: true baby star
Abbreviation code (Codon): LEBI
Contents
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Ericales/ Solanales
- Family: Polemoniaceae
- Genus: Leptosiphon
- Species: bicolor
Description
General: Slender annual up to 1.5 dm. tall, the stem puberulent, often branched at the base, otherwise usually simple.
Leaves: Leaves rather firm, palmately 3-7 cleft, up to 2 cm. long, the segments linear, harshly ciliate.
Flowers: Flowers fragrant, sub-sessile in a dense, terminal, leafy cluster, the inflorescence leaves longer and more prominently ciliate than the lower; calyx firm, 5-10 mm. long, the 5 segments with needle-like tips; corolla with a very slender tube up to 3 cm. long, the throat yellow, the 5 abruptly-flaring, short lobes deep pink to purplish or white; stamens 5, the filaments attached in the corolla throat; style 3-parted; ovary superior.
Fruit: Capsule with 3, several-seeded carpels.
Bloom Period
April- June
Distribution
West of the Cascades, Vancouver Island, B. C., to California, east through the Columbia Gorge
Habitat
Mesic to dry, open, grassy places in the lowland zone; locally frequent on S Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands; S to CA.
Uses
None found (at the moment)
Propagation
Seeds were sown into cone-tainers filled with Sunshine # 1 (a soil-less, peat-based media) amended with micro-nutrients (Micromax) and a slow-release fertilizer (Osmocote 14-14-14). Flats of conetainers were placed in greenhouse set at moderate temperatures (70 degree days/50 degree nights.) Seeds germinated readily with no treatment. Most seeds germinated within one to two weeks. (Leptosiphon grandiflorus also needed no treatment before germination).
References
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
Seed
Seed sample from: 2011
Average Measurement: 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.7
Measurement Range: L: 1.1 – 1.75, W: 0.6 – 1, D: 0.5 – 1
Features
Shape: Seeds somewhat tear shaped, others elliptical.
Color: Seeds partially translucent and brown. Hilium inconspicuous.
Surface: Seeds bumpy and somewhat corrugated, giving them a “brain-like” texture. Seeds slightly glossy.
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
Longitudinal cross section: elliptical 
, and at times, obovate 
Photo Gallery
- LEBI BenLegler flw good.jpg
- LEBI BenLegler veg avg.jpg
