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* Latin Name: ''Plagiobothrys'' ''figuratus''
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* Scientific Name: ''Plagiobothrys'' ''figuratus''
 
* Family: Boraginaceae
 
* Family: Boraginaceae
 
* Common Names: fragrant plagiobothrys
 
* Common Names: fragrant plagiobothrys
 
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Allocarya'' ''figurata''
 
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Allocarya'' ''figurata''
 
* CODON: PLAFIG
 
* CODON: PLAFIG
==Taxonomy==
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[[File:PLAFIG1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page]]
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===Taxonomy===
 
{{Taxobox
 
{{Taxobox
| image = PLAFIG1.jpg
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| image =  
| image_caption = Photo: Ben Legler 2004
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| image_caption = Photo: Ben Legler, 2004
| name = '''''Plagiobothrys scouleri'''''
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| name =  
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subregnum = Tracheobionta
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
| phylum = Spermatophyta
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
| subphylum= Magnoliophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
 
| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| subclassis = Asteranae
 
| subclassis = Asteranae
 
| ordo = Boraginales
 
| ordo = Boraginales
 
| familia = Boraginaceae
 
| familia = Boraginaceae
| genus = '''''Plagiobothrys''''' Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
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| genus = ''Plagiobothrys'' Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
 
| species = '''''Plagiobothrys figuratus''''' I.M. Johnst. ex. M. Peck
 
| species = '''''Plagiobothrys figuratus''''' I.M. Johnst. ex. M. Peck
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| synonyms = *''Plagiobothrys granulatus'' (Piper) I.M. Johnst.
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*''Allocarya californica'' (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Greene
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*''Allocarya granulata'' Piper
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*''Allocarya scouleri'' (Hook. & Arn.) Greene
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*''Plagiobothrys scouleri ''var. ''scouleri ''(Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnst.
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*''Plagiobothrys reticulatus ''var. ''rossianorum'' I.M. Johnst.
 
}}
 
}}
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32016#null</ref>
  
==Description==
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===Description===
  
General: Appressed-hairy annual from fibrous roots, the simple to moderately branched stem 1-4 dm. tall.
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Annual with short hairs, simple or few-branched stems.
  
Leaves: Leaves all cauline, linear, sometimes elongate, the lower 2-4 pairs opposite, the others alternate.
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Linear, all-cauline, lower pairs opposite, becoming alternate up the stem.
  
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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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.
  
Fruit: Nutlets 4, ovate, 1.2-1.7 mm. long, keeled, rough
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Fruits are 4 keeled, rough, ovate nutlets 1.2-1.7 mm. long.<ref name=":0">WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
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& University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20figuratus</nowiki></ref><ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref>
  
==Bloom Period==
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===Bloom Period===
May-July
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May-July<ref name=":0" />
  
==Distribution==
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===Distribution===
West of the Cascades, British Columbia to Oregon, and in the Columbia Gorge
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Victoria Island and Thurston County, south, chiefly west of the Cascades and Willamette Valley, but also in Columbia River Gorge, to Southwest Oregon.<ref name=":1" />
Ecological Setting Nonalkaline meadows, low ground, and moist fields; wet grassy areas, edges of water.
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==Habitat==
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===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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Nonalkaline meadows, low ground, and moist fields.<ref name=":1" />
 
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===Photo Gallery===
==Uses==
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==Propagation==
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
File:PLFI_BenLegler_flw_avg.jpg|Photo by Ben Legler
 
File:PLFI_BenLegler_flw_avg.jpg|Photo by Ben Legler
File:PLAFIG.png| Young growth, courtesy of CNLM
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File:PLAFIG3.png| Young growth, courtesy of CNLM
File:PLAFIG.jpg|Young growth, courtesy of CNLM
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File:PLAFIG2.jpg|Young growth, courtesy of CNLM
 
File:PLFI_LisaHintz_sd_2012.jpg| seed, photo by Lisa Hintz
 
File:PLFI_LisaHintz_sd_2012.jpg| seed, photo by Lisa Hintz
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==References==
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===References===

Latest revision as of 23:22, 20 March 2021

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

Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteranae
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
Species: Plagiobothrys figuratus I.M. Johnst. ex. M. Peck
Synonyms
  • Plagiobothrys granulatus (Piper) I.M. Johnst.
  • Allocarya californica (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Greene
  • Allocarya granulata Piper
  • Allocarya scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) Greene
  • Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnst.
  • Plagiobothrys reticulatus var. rossianorum I.M. Johnst.

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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.[2][3]

Bloom Period

May-July[2]

Distribution

Victoria Island and Thurston County, south, chiefly west of the Cascades and Willamette Valley, but also in Columbia River Gorge, to Southwest Oregon.[3]

Habitat

Nonalkaline meadows, low ground, and moist fields.[3]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32016#null
  2. 2.0 2.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20figuratus
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.