Synthyris bullii |
Synthyris platycarpa |
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bull's kittentail or coraldrops |
evergreen kittentail, Idaho 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 broadly cordate or reniform to nearly orbiculate, 25+ mm wide, chartaceous, base cordate to lobate, margins crenate or incised-crenate, teeth apices rounded, surfaces glabrous or hairy; basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 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). |
erect, to 35 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 2, ovate-spatulate, largest less than 1 cm; flowers 15–35, loosely aggregated. |
Stamens | epipetalous. |
epipetalous. |
Ovaries | puberulent to villous; ovules 17–40. |
ovules 4. |
Capsules | hairy. |
glabrous. |
Sepals | 4. |
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. |
(3 or)4(or 5), apex laciniate; corolla blue or lavender, suffused with white, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. |
Synthyris bullii |
Synthyris platycarpa |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun; fruiting May–Jul. | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Sandy prairies, sandy secondary deciduous forests. | Forest openings of upper Thuja-Pseudotsuga zone. |
Elevation | 100–400 m. (300–1300 ft.) | 500–800(–2000) m. (1600–2600(–6600) ft.) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; IN; MI; MN; OH; WI |
ID |
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.) |
Synthyris platycarpa is known from the mountains above the Selway River and North Fork of the Clearwater River in Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in Clearwater and Idaho counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 299. | FNA vol. 17, p. 303. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris |
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Synonyms | Gymnandra bullii, Besseya bullii, Veronica bullii, Wulfenia bullii | Veronica idahoensis |
Name authority | (Eaton) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 4. (1900) | Gail & Pennell: Amer. J. Bot. 24: 40. (1937) |
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