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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, generally erect
Stem glabrous, hairy, glandular, or cobwebby
Leaves simple, generally alternate; basal generally in rosette, toothed, pinnately lobed, or entire; cauline generally reduced; leaf tips, calyx lobes acute, acuminate, or needle-like
Inflorescence: flowers solitary or clustered, 1many in axils of bracts
Flower: calyx membranous between ribs, membrane splitting or expanding; corolla > calyx, lobes generally ovate
Fruit generally ovoid; chambers 3, valves separating from top
Seeds 3many, brown, generally gelatinous when wet
Species in genus: ± 70 species: w North America, South America
Etymology: (Felipe Gil, 18th century Spanish botanist)
Native |
Stem 670 cm, glabrous or lightly hairy below, slightly glandular in inflorescence or throughout
Leaves: basal in cluster, 12-pinnate, 510 cm; axis linear, lobes 325 mm, ± 2 mm wide, linear, spreading, generally curving, glabrous or finely white-hairy in axils or at base of lobes
Inflorescence: heads, clusters, or flowers solitary
Flower: calyx lobes acute; corolla lavender or white, lobes spreading or semi-erect; stamens, style generally exserted
Seeds ± 1018
Ecology: Open or shaded, generally grassy places in sandy or rocky soil
Elevation: 601200 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Inner North Coast Ranges (Solano Co.), San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges.
Native |
Stem: branches spreading
Inflorescence: head, hemispheric; flowers 825; pedicels 12 mm
Flower: corolla 1020 mm, 23 X calyx, lavender; stamens < lobes; stigmas = or > anthers
Chromosomes: 2n=18
Ecology: Habitat of sp
Elevation:
Bioregional distribution: San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges. Sometimes garden escape elsewhere
Horticultural information: SUN, DRN: 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.