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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 spreading or erect, cobwebby below middle, glandular above
Leaves: basal in rosette, 1-pinnate, cobwebby, axis 12 mm wide, linear, lobes toothed on both sides, teeth short-pointed or acuminate
Inflorescence clustered or loose with 26 flowers above a bract; pedicels unequal, barely spreading
Flower: calyx slightly glandular (or cobwebby in early flowers); corolla tube yellow or purple with yellow veins, throat generally yellow, lobes pink to lavender; stamens unequal, longest generally > corolla lobes
Ecology: Open, rocky or sandy areas
Elevation: 7002800 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada, South Coast Ranges, Western Transverse Ranges, n slope San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, sw edge Mojave Desert.
Native |
Stem 1640 cm, densely glandular above rosette
Leaves basal, lower cauline 28 cm
Flower: glandular or cobwebby; corolla 1317 mm, tube 11.5 X calyx, throat widely expanding, lobes 36 mm wide, obovate; stamens unequal, longest well exserted, < corolla lobes; style > stamens
Fruit 38 mm, < or = calyx, ovoid
Chromosomes: 2n=18
Ecology: Rocky or sandy soil, generally near streams
Elevation: 9001800 m.
Bioregional distribution: n slope San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, sw edge Mojave Desert
Flowering time: AprJul
Horticultural information: TRY.