Misopates orontium subsp. orontium |
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Stems | simple or branched, 10–70 cm. |
Leaves | blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate, 12–55 × 2–10 mm, glandular. |
Inflorescences | 2–25 cm, densely glandular-hairy; bracts linear, 15–25 × 0.9–1.2 mm. |
Pedicels | ascending, 0.5–2.5 mm in flower, to 4 mm in fruit. |
Flowers | calyx lobes accrescent, abaxial 10–15 × 1–2 mm in fruit, adaxial 15–20 × 1–2.5 mm in fruit; corolla sparsely glandular-pubescent externally, tube 6–8 mm, internally glandular-pubescent abaxially, hairs yellow, palate densely white-lanate, throat 3.5–4.5 mm diam., abaxial lip: middle lobe narrower than laterals; stamens included; staminode 0.2 mm; style persistent, densely glandular-pubescent. |
Capsules | obliquely ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 4–7 mm wide, glandular-pubescent. |
Seeds | 0.9–1.2 mm, papillate, abaxial face keeled, adaxial with sinuate marginal ridges, wings narrow. |
2n | = 16 (Portugal). |
Misopates orontium subsp. orontium |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites, including roadsides, rail yards, construction sites, abandoned areas, gravel bars. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; CT; FL; ID; IL; KY; ME; MI; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; UT; VA; WA; BC; ON; QC; Europe; Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador), s Africa (Republic of South Africa), Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand), Australia] |
Discussion | Subspecies orontium is widely, sporadically naturalized, mostly in temperate regions of the world. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 36. |
Parent taxa | |
Name authority | unknown |
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