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'''Synonym''': ''Linanthus bicolor''  
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''Linanthus bicolor'' commonly known as true baby star is a flowering plant, part of the Phlox  family (Polmoniaceae).
  
'''Family''': Polemoniaceae
 
  
'''English Common Name''': true babystar
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[[File:LEBI BenLegler flw good1.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Flower Profile]]
 
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'''English Family Name''': Pholx family
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==Taxonomy==
 
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April- June
 
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==Distribution==
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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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==Uses==
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None found (at the moment)  
 
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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).
 
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).
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Revision as of 12:04, 7 May 2012

Linanthus bicolor commonly known as true baby star is a flowering plant, part of the Phlox  family (Polmoniaceae).


Flower Profile


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).

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Seed


Abbreviation: LEBI

Seed sample from: 2011


Leptosiphon seeds

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 LEBI lat.png

Longitudinal cross section: elliptical LEBI long.png , and at times, obovate LEBI long ob.png


References