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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: 816 cm, branches spreading from base, glabrous or slightly cobwebby below, glandular in inflorescence
Leaves: basal in semi-erect cluster, 13 cm, pinnate; axis 13 mm wide; lobes 27 mm, generally > axis width
Inflorescence loose; pedicels 111 mm in unequal pairs
Flower: calyx 35 mm, glabrous or cobwebby, bright purple or purple-spotted, membrane puckered between ribs; corolla 612 mm, tube purple, lobes lavender, obovate, tips rounded; stamens unequal, exserted; style exserted
Fruit = or > calyx, widely ovoid, detaching at base
Ecology: Rocky slopes, washes
Elevation: 7001600 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada, n San Gabriel Mountains, n San Bernardino Mountains, Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: s Nevada
Native |
Flower: corolla tube exserted from calyx, throat narrow, tapered, tube + throat > 2 X lobes, lobes narrowly obovate; stamens < lobes; stigmas touching anthers
Ecology: Uncommon. Habitat of sp.
Elevation: 8001600 m.
Bioregional distribution: Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: s Nevada
Flowering time: MarMay