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Synthyris bullii

bull's kittentail or coraldrops
Leaves

strictly annual, disintegrating in 1st year;

blade elliptic or ovate to broadly ovate, 25+ mm wide, leathery, base rounded to lobate or cordate, margins crenate, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces hairy;

basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 3–6 on each side of midvein.
Racemes

erect, to 40 cm in fruit;

sterile bracts 10–30, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm;

flowers 100+, densely aggregated (separating in fruit).
Stamens

epipetalous.
Ovaries

puberulent to villous;

ovules 17–40.
Capsules

hairy.
Sepals

4.
Petals

(3 or)4, apex entire or erose;

corolla yellow, bilabiate, tubular to ellipsoid, longer than calyx, hairy, lateral and abaxial petals connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, tube conspicuous.

Synthyris bullii
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun; fruiting May–Jul.
Habitat Sandy prairies, sandy secondary deciduous forests.
Elevation 100–400 m. (300–1300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
IA; IL; IN; MI; MN; OH; WI
Discussion

Synthyris bullii is protected throughout its range and may be extirpated in Ohio (NatureServe, www.natureserve.org).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 299.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Synthyris
Sibling taxa
S. alpina, S. borealis, S. canbyi, S. cordata, S. dissecta, S. laciniata, S. lanuginosa, S. missurica, S. oblongifolia, S. pinnatifida, S. plantaginea, S. platycarpa, S. ranunculina, S. reniformis, S. ritteriana, S. rubra, S. schizantha, S. wyomingensis
Synonyms Gymnandra bullii, Besseya bullii, Veronica bullii, Wulfenia bullii
Name authority (Eaton) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 4. (1900)
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