Flora of North America species comparison

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Synthyris reniformis

round-leaf kittentail, snow queen
Leaves

persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand;

blade cordate to reniform, 25+ mm wide, leathery, base cordate to lobate, margins incised-crenate, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous or hairy;

basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein.
Racemes

decumbent, to 18 cm in fruit;

sterile bracts usually 0;

flowers 5–10, loosely aggregated.
Stamens

epipetalous.
Ovaries

ovules 4.
Capsules

sparsely hairy.
Sepals

4.
Petals

(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose;

corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, puberulent-villous in throat, tube conspicuous.

Synthyris reniformis
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun; fruiting Apr–Aug.
Habitat Forests.
Elevation 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 303.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Synthyris
Sibling taxa
S. alpina, S. borealis, S. bullii, S. canbyi, S. cordata, S. dissecta, S. laciniata, S. lanuginosa, S. missurica, S. oblongifolia, S. pinnatifida, S. plantaginea, S. platycarpa, S. ranunculina, S. ritteriana, S. rubra, S. schizantha, S. wyomingensis
Synonyms Wulfenia reniformis, Veronica regina-nivalis
Name authority (Douglas ex Bentham) Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 454. (1846)
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