Flora of North America species comparison

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Lagotis

lagotis, weasel snout
Habit Herbs, perennial; rhizomatous.
Stems

erect or ascending, glabrous.
Leaves

basal and cauline, opposite;

petiole present or absent;

blade not fleshy, leathery, margins entire, crenulate, dentate, or serrate.
Inflorescences

terminal, compact spikes;

bracts present.
Pedicels

absent;

bracteoles absent.
Flowers

bisexual;

sepals 2, basally connate, calyx bilaterally symmetric, tubular, abaxial lobe enclosed by spathelike adaxial lobe;

corolla blue, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate, funnelform, tube base not spurred or gibbous, lobes 3, abaxial 2, adaxial 1;

stamens 2, adnate to throat of corolla, filaments glabrous;

staminode 0;

ovary 2-locular, placentation axile;

stigma capitate.
Fruits

drupelike.
Seeds

2, tan, globular, wings absent.
× = 11.

Lagotis
Distribution
from USDA
nw North America; Eurasia
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species ca. 30 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 294. Authors: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae
Subordinate taxa
L. glauca
Synonyms Gymnandra
Name authority Gaertner: Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 533, plate 18, fig. 2. (1770)
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