Difference between revisions of "Plagiobothrys figuratus"

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• Latin Name: Plagiobothrys figuratus
• Family: Boraginaceae
• Common Names: fragrant plagiobothrys
• Synonyms/Misapplications: Allocarya figurata
• CODON: PLAFIG

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 figuratus I.M. Johnst. ex. M. Peck

Description

General: Appressed-hairy annual from fibrous roots, the simple to moderately branched stem 1-4 dm. tall.

Leaves: Leaves all cauline, linear, sometimes elongate, the lower 2-4 pairs opposite, the others alternate.

Flowers: Inflorescence of naked spikes, tending to be paired, becoming elongate; calyx 3-4 mm. long, with yellowish, loose hairs; flowers fragrant, white with a yellow eye; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 5-10 wide; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; nutlets attached to the style in a small area near the base.

Fruit: Nutlets 4, ovate, 1.2-1.7 mm. long, keeled, rough

Bloom Period

May-July

Distribution

West of the Cascades, British Columbia to Oregon, and in the Columbia Gorge Ecological Setting Nonalkaline meadows, low ground, and moist fields; wet grassy areas, edges of water.

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.

Uses

Propagation

Photo Gallery

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  Photo by Ben Legler

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  Young growth, courtesy of CNLM

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  Young growth, courtesy of CNLM

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  seed, photo by Lisa Hintz

References