Synthyris pinnatifida |
Synthyris schizantha |
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feather-leaf kittentail |
fringe kitten-tails, fringe kittentail, fringe-petal kitten's-tail, fringepetal kittentails |
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Leaves | persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade oblong-ovate to ovate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base lobate, margins 1- or 2-pinnatifid, teeth apices obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous or villous; basal veins extending through proximal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein. |
persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade ovate to reniform or orbiculate, 25+ mm wide, chartaceous, base cordate to lobate, margins incised-crenate, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces ± hairy; basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein. |
Racemes | erect, to 30 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 3+, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm; flowers 10–40, loosely aggregated. |
erect, to 35 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 2, fan-shaped, largest 2+ cm; flowers 15–80, loosely aggregated. |
Stamens | epipetalous. |
epipetalous. |
Ovaries | ovules 10–16. |
ovules 2–7. |
Capsules | glabrous. |
glabrous or sparsely hairy along margins. |
Sepals | 4. |
4. |
Petals | (3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. |
(3 or)4(or 5), apex laciniate; corolla blue to lavender with veins deeper colored (except tube yellowish white), ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. |
Synthyris pinnatifida |
Synthyris schizantha |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Aug; fruiting May–Oct. | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting May–Aug. |
Habitat | Forest openings, subalpine meadows, alpine tundra. | Moist slopes, forest edges. |
Elevation | 2100–3800 m. (6900–12500 ft.) | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; UT; WY
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OR; WA
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Discussion | Flowering in plants of Synthyris pinnatifida begins at the margins of melting snow banks. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Synthyris schizantha is known from the southern Olympic Mountains in Grays Harbor County and the Cascade Mountains in Lewis County, Washington, and in the vicinity of Saddle Mountain in Clatsop County, Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 302. | FNA vol. 17, p. 304. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Veronica paysonii | Veronica schizantha |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 227, plate 22, figs. 1, 2 [ — as pinnata]. 1871 | Piper: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 223. (1902) |
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