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+ | '''common names''' Fragrant Popcorn Flower | ||
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+ | [[File:PLFI RodGilbert flw good.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Plagiobothrys figuratus'']] | ||
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+ | '''Abbreviation code:''' PLFI | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
*Kingdom: Plantae | *Kingdom: Plantae | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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+ | General: Appressed-hairy annual from fibrous roots, the simple to moderately branched stem 1-4 dm. tall. | ||
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+ | Leaves: Leaves all cauline, linear, sometimes elongate, the lower 2-4 pairs opposite, the others alternate. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | Fruit: Nutlets 4, ovate, 1.2-1.7 mm. long, keeled, rough | ||
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==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
+ | May-July | ||
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==Distribution== | ==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. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==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. | ||
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==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
==Propagation== | ==Propagation== | ||
==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
+ | <Gallery> | ||
+ | File:PLFI RodGilbert flw good.jpg | ||
+ | File:PLFI_BenLegler_flw_avg.jpg | ||
+ | File:PLFI_LisaHintz_sd_2012.jpg | ||
+ | </Gallery> | ||
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 09:51, 8 May 2012
common names Fragrant Popcorn Flower
Abbreviation code: PLFI
Contents
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- (unranked): Angiosperms
- (unranked): Eudicots
- (unranked): Asterids
- Order: (unplaced)
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Genus: Plagiobothrys
- Species: P. figuratus
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.