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==Description==
 
==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==
 
==Bloom Period==
May-July
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May-July<ref name=":0" />
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==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==
 
==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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==Uses==
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==Propagation==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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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
 
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</gallery>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 19:31, 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

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

References

  1. 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. 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.