Difference between revisions of "Plagiobothrys figuratus"

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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Allocarya'' ''figurata''
 
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Allocarya'' ''figurata''
 
* CODON: PLAFIG
 
* CODON: PLAFIG
[[File:PLFI RodGilbert flw good.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Plagiobothrys figuratus'']]
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
*Kingdom: Plantae
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{{Taxobox
*(unranked): Angiosperms
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| image = PLAFIG1.jpg
*(unranked): Eudicots
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| image_caption = Photo: Ben Legler 2004
*(unranked): Asterids
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| name = '''''Plagiobothrys scouleri'''''
*Order: (unplaced)
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
*Family: Boraginaceae
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| subregnum = Tracheobionta
*Genus: Plagiobothrys
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| phylum = Spermatophyta
*Species: P. figuratus
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| subphylum= Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Asteranae
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| ordo = Boraginales
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| familia = Boraginaceae
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| genus = '''''Plagiobothrys''''' Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
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| species = '''''Plagiobothrys figuratus''''' I.M. Johnst. ex. M. Peck
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==Description==
 
==Description==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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File:PLFI RodGilbert flw good.jpg
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File:PLFI_BenLegler_flw_avg.jpg|Photo by Ben Legler
File:PLFI_BenLegler_flw_avg.jpg
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File:PLFI_LisaHintz_sd_2012.jpg| seed, photo by Lisa Hintz
 
File:PLFI_LisaHintz_sd_2012.jpg| seed, photo by Lisa Hintz
 
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 19:15, 2 June 2020

  • 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

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References