Bouchetia erecta |
Bouchetia |
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paintedtongue |
bouchetia, painted-tongue |
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Habit | Herbs antrorsely strigillose, hairs of 2 types: glandular-capitate, spreading, translucent to white, frequently with darker tip, 0.1 mm, and eglandular, white, 0.1–0.5 mm. | Herbs, perennial, taprooted, pubescent, hairs glandular-capitate and eglandular. |
Stems | to 25 cm. |
decumbent or ascending, branched near base and at distal nodes. |
Leaves | various, decreasing in size from stem base to apex, sparsely to moderately pubescent, basal leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 1.6–4 × 0.4–1.4 cm, base narrowly attenuate, apex obtuse to acute, lateral veins in 2–3(–4) alternate to opposite pairs, arcuate to straight, distal cauline leaf blades linear to narrowly elliptic, 0.6–2.5 × 0.01–0.6 cm, base attenuate to cuneate, apex obtuse to acute, lateral veins not distinct. |
alternate, sessile; blade margins entire. |
Inflorescences | terminal or pseudoterminal, appearing axillary, solitary flowers. |
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Flowers | calyx tube 3.1–6.1 × 2.5–3.2 mm, to 4.9 mm diam. in fruit, inner surface glabrous near base, becoming as pubescent as outer surface near apex and on lobes, outer surface moderately to densely pubescent, lobes 2.1–5 × 1–2.3 mm, apically obtuse; corolla tube 8–13.9 × 5.4–11.2 mm, inner surface glabrous, outer surface sparsely to moderately pubescent, lobes 3.6–4.2 × 3.6–6.2 mm, inner surface glabrous, outer surface sparsely to moderately pubescent; filaments adnate to corolla tube 3.7–4.8 mm beyond base, 4.2–7.5 mm, glabrous; anthers connivent, 0.9–1.1 × 0.8–1 mm; ovary ellipsoid, 1.9–2.3 × 0.9–1.1 mm, glabrous; style 6.7–7.8 mm, glabrous; stigma greenish or yellowish, 0.6–1 × 1.3–2 mm. |
5-merous, slightly bilaterally symmetric; calyx accrescent, oblong-campanulate, lobes 5, narrowly deltate to oblong, tightly enclosing and slightly exceeding fruit; corolla white or white tinged with lavender, slightly bilateral, funnelform, lobes broadly ovate, suborbiculate, or rhombic, apically rounded; stamens 4, sometimes plus a 5th, inserted in proximal 1/2 of corolla tube, ± didynamous; anthers basifixed, ovate, ± unequal, that of 5th stamen sometimes smaller, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-locular; style filiform; stigma subreniform. |
Fruits | capsules, ellipsoid, (4-valved). |
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Capsules | 6.8–8 × 4.3–4.9 mm, glabrous or sparsely to moderately pubescent, hairs glandular-capitate. |
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Seeds | brown, 0.7–1 × 0.6–0.8 mm, surfaces distinctly alveolate. |
prismatic, faces irregular. |
Flowering | pedicels 6–22(–30) mm. |
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x | = 8. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Bouchetia erecta |
Bouchetia |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Nov. | |
Habitat | Woodland openings, alluvial terraces, coastal prairies, disturbed or managed pastures, roadsides, hay meadows, usually on well-drained calcareous substrates. | |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | |
Distribution |
TX; n Mexico |
Mexico; Central America; Texas; South America (Argentina) |
Discussion | Bouchetia erecta is known from central and southern Texas. The single putative record of B. erecta from Mississippi (Warren s.n., USMS) was found to be Jacquemontia tamnifolia (Convolvulaceae). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Species 3 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Bouchetia | Solanaceae |
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Synonyms | Salpiglossis erecta | |
Name authority | de Candolle ex Dunal in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 13(1): 589. (1852) | de Candolle ex Dunal in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 13(1): 589. (1852) |
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