Plagiobothrys figuratus
From Puget Prairie Plants
- Latin Name: Plagiobothrys figuratus
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Common Names: fragrant plagiobothrys
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Allocarya figurata
- CODON: PLAFIG
Contents
Taxonomy
| Plagiobothrys scouleri | |
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| 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
Annual with short hairs, simple or few-branched stems.
Linear, all-cauline, lower pairs opposite, becoming alternate up the stem.
Inflorescence consists of naked spikes, tending to be paired, calyx has yellowish, loose hairs. Flowers fragrant, corolla white with a yellow eye; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading.
Fruits are 4 keeled, rough, ovate nutlets 1.2-1.7 mm. long.[1][2]
Bloom Period
May-July[1]
Distribution
Victoria Island and Thurston County, south, chiefly west of the Cascades and Willamette Valley, but also in Columbia River Gorge, to Southwest Oregon.[2]
Habitat
Nonalkaline meadows, low ground, and moist fields.[2]
Photo Gallery
Photo by Ben Legler
Young growth, courtesy of CNLM
Young growth, courtesy of CNLM
seed, photo by Lisa Hintz
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20figuratus
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
