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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine
Leaves simple or compound, cauline (or most in basal rosette), alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cymes, heads, or flowers solitary
Flower: calyx generally 5-ribbed, ribs often connected by translucent membranes that are generally torn by growing fruit; corolla generally 5-lobed, radial or bilateral, salverform to bell-shaped, throat often well defined; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, attached at same or different levels, filaments of same or different lengths, pollen white, yellow, blue, or red; ovary superior, chambers generally 3, style 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: capsule
Seeds 1many, gelatinous or not when wet
Genera in family: 19 genera, 320 species: Am, n Eur, n Asia; some cultivated (Cantua, Cobaea (cup-and-saucer vine), Collomia, Gilia, Ipomopsis, Linanthus, Phlox )
Recent taxonomic note: *See also revised taxonomy of Porter and Johnson 2000 Aliso 19(1):5591; Porter 1998 Aliso 17:8385
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Annual, perennial herb, glabrous to woolly
Stem generally erect
Leaves cauline, alternate, pinnately lobed or simple; lobes generally linear or lanceolate
Inflorescence: heads, bracted, generally densely woolly; bracts leaf-like; flowers sessile
Flower: calyx lobes unequal; corolla radial or bilateral, funnel-shaped to salverform; stamens equal or not, attached at same level, anthers generally sagittate, pollen white or blue; style included or exserted
Seeds 1few per chamber
Species in genus: 13 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek, woolly star)
Reference: [Harrison 1972 Brigham Young Univ Sci Bull, Biol Ser 16:126]
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Perennial
Stem erect or spreading, nearly glabrous to woolly
Leaf 1050 mm; lobes generally 216, glabrous to woolly
Flower: corolla funnel-shaped, blue or white, tube 1535 mm, lobes 515 mm; stamens equal, attached in throat or upper tube, exserted
Ecology: Dunes, dry riverbeds, open slopes
Elevation: 02900 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada, s Central Coast, South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California, East of Sierra Nevada, w Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: Baja California
Native |
Leaf: lobes 215, slightly woolly
Inflorescence terminal; bracts generally 59-lobed; flowers generally 1520
Flower: corolla tube narrow
Chromosomes: 2n=14
Ecology: Dry, open slopes
Elevation: 13002900 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada, w South Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges
Horticultural information: TRY.