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==Description==
 
==Description==
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Hairy, tap-rooted annual.
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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.
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Leaves are narrow, hairy, lower pairs of leaves are opposite, becoming alternate up the stem. <ref>Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). ''Vascular plants
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of the South Sound prairies'' (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen
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State College Press.</ref><ref name=":0">WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
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& University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20scouleri</nowiki></ref>
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Fruits are nutlets and have a ventral keel with a raised scar along the keel.<ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref>
  
 
==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
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May-August<ref name=":0" />
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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South Victoria Island to Northwestern California, West Cascades, east in Columbia River Gorge to Blue Mountains.<ref name=":1" />
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
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Vernally moist depressions, shorelines.<ref name=":1" />
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery>
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File:PLASCO2.jpg| Photo: Ben Legler 2004
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 18:05, 2 June 2020

  • Latin Name: Plagiobothrys scouleri
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • Common Names: Scouler's popcorn flower
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Allocarya granulata, Allocarya scouleri, Plagiobothrys granulatus
  • CODON: PLASCO

Taxonomy

Plagiobothrys scouleri
Photo: Ben Legler 2004
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteranae
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
Species: Plagiobothrys scouleri (Hook & Arn.) I.M. Johnst.

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. [1][2]

Fruits are nutlets and have a ventral keel with a raised scar along the keel.[3]

Bloom Period

May-August[2]

Distribution

South Victoria Island to Northwestern California, West Cascades, east in Columbia River Gorge to Blue Mountains.[3]

Habitat

Vernally moist depressions, shorelines.[3]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20scouleri
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.