Orthocarpus tolmiei |
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Tolmie's owl's-clover |
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Habit | Annuals 10–35 cm. | ||||
Stems | erect, scabrous and sparsely puberulent. |
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Leaves | 15–50 mm; blade margins entire. |
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Inflorescences | spikes or racemes, 2–15 cm; bracts 10–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed in proximal 1/2, proximal resembling distal leaves, midlobe yellow-green to purple distally, narrowly triangular, 0.7–1 mm wide, apex acute, not cuspidate, lateral lobes linear to narrowly triangular. |
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Pedicels | 0–2 mm. |
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Flowers | calyx 4–8 mm; corolla 10–17 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip conspicuously inflated, lobes 3, triangular, adaxial lip yellow or purple-pink, 4–5 mm, 1–2 mm longer than abaxial, glabrous or puberulent, tip notably hooked, not bearded. |
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Capsules | 4–6 mm, apex retuse. |
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Seeds | 3–6, light brown, narrowly ellipsoid, 1.8–2.5 mm, shallowly reticulate, not ridged. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Orthocarpus tolmiei |
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Distribution |
ID; UT; WY
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Discussion | Orthocarpus tolmiei is similar to both O. luteus and O. purpureoalbus but usually can be distinguished by its highly branched stems. Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 684. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Orthocarpus | ||||
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Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 379. (1839) | ||||
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