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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, generally hairy, generally taprooted
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves simple to pinnately compound, basal or cauline, alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cyme (generally raceme-like and coiled) or flowers solitary
Flower bisexual, generally radial; calyx lobes generally 5, generally fused at base, generally persistent, enlarging in fruit; corolla generally deciduous, rotate to cylindric, lobes generally 5, appendages in pairs on tube between filaments or 0; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, filament base sometimes appendaged, appendages scale-like; ovary generally superior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal, enlarged into chamber, sometimes meeting so ovary appears 2–5-chambered, styles 1–2, stigmas generally head-like
Fruit: capsule, generally loculicidal; valves generally 2
Genera in family: 20 genera, 300 species: especially w US; some cultivated (Emmenanthe, Nemophila, Phacelia )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to be included in an expanded Boraginaceae (also including Lennoaceae) [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 85:531–553; Olmstead et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96–112]
Annual, perennial herb, generally glandular-hairy, tap-rooted or from ± thick caudex
Leaves generally alternate, simple to 2-pinnately compound, generally ± reduced upward
Inflorescence: cyme, generally dense, coiled, generally 1-sided; pedicels generally short
Flower: corolla rotate to bell-shaped, white to purple, tube base with scales free or fused to filaments; stamens generally attached at same level, equal; ovary chamber 1 (or 2 below middle), placentas parietal, enlarging and meeting in fruit, style 2-lobed, generally hairy below lobes
Fruit oblong to spheric
Seeds 1–many, oblong to spheric, generally brownish; back generally pitted or cross-furrowed
Species in genus: ± 175 species: Am; some cultivated for ornamental
Etymology: (Greek: cluster, from the dense inflorescence)
Reference: [Halse 1981 Madroño 28:121–132; Heckard 1960 Univ Calif Publ Botany 32:1–126; Lee 1988 Syst Bot 13:16–20]
Bristly hairs may cause severe dermatitis . CA pers often hybridize, difficult to separate. Biennial and perennial herb species by Richard Halse.
| Native |
Annual 2–20 cm
Stems spreading to erect, few-branched at base, short-stiff-hairy, glandular-puberulent
Leaves 10–80 mm; blades < or = petiole, generally oblong to elliptic; lower entire to deeply lobed, lobes unequal; upper generally entire
Flower: pedicels 2–15 mm, lower < 40 mm in fruit; calyx lobes 5–6 mm, 6–9 mm in fruit, oblanceolate, ciliate, veins ± raised; corolla 5–12 mm, rotate to bell-shaped, lavender to violet, deciduous, scales deltate to ovate; stamens 3–5 mm, glandular-puberulent; style 2.5–6 mm
Fruit 6–9 mm, obovoid, hairy
Seeds 8–15, 1–2 mm, pitted
Ecology: Sandy soils, dunes, bluffs
Elevation: < 100 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, n Channel Islands.
| Native |
Stems generally erect
Flower: corolla 6–12 mm, ± rotate; style 5–6 mm
Seed 1–1.5 mm
Ecology: Sand dunes
Elevation: < 50 m.
Bioregional distribution: n Channel Islands (Santa Rosa, San Miguel Islands)
Synonyms: P. divaricata var. i. (Munz) Munz