Synthyris bullii |
Synthyris missurica |
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bull's kittentail or coraldrops |
Columbia kitten-tails, kittentails, mountain kittentail, tail kittentails |
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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. |
persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade orbiculate to reniform, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate to lobate, margins ± incised-crenate to dentate, teeth apices rounded to acute or acuminate, surfaces glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy; basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein. |
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Racemes | erect, to 40 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 10–30, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm; flowers 100+, densely aggregated (separating in fruit). |
erect, to 33 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 3+, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm; flowers 12–100, loosely aggregated. |
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Stamens | epipetalous. |
epipetalous. |
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Ovaries | puberulent to villous; ovules 17–40. |
ovules 10–16. |
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Capsules | hairy. |
glabrous or glabrescent. |
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Sepals | 4. |
4. |
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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. |
(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous or puberulent, tube conspicuous. |
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Synthyris bullii |
Synthyris missurica |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun; fruiting May–Jul. | |||||||||
Habitat | Sandy prairies, sandy secondary deciduous forests. | |||||||||
Elevation | 100–400 m. (300–1300 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
IA; IL; IN; MI; MN; OH; WI |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA
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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.) |
Subspecies 3 (3 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. 299. | FNA vol. 17, p. 300. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Gymnandra bullii, Besseya bullii, Veronica bullii, Wulfenia bullii | Veronica missurica | ||||||||
Name authority | (Eaton) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 4. (1900) | (Rafinesque) Pennell: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 89. (1933) | ||||||||
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