Synthyris reniformis |
Synthyris canbyi |
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round-leaf kittentail, snow queen |
Canby's kittentail, mission mountain kittentails |
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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. |
persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade ovate or cordate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate to lobate, margins ± incised-crenate or laciniate to ± pinnatifid, sometimes ± palmately lobed, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely 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. |
erect, to 16 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 2+, ovate-spatulate, sometimes 1+ cm; flowers 10–50, loosely aggregated. |
Stamens | epipetalous. |
epipetalous. |
Ovaries | ovules 4. |
glabrous or sparsely hairy at apex; ovules 10–16. |
Capsules | sparsely hairy. |
glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Sepals | 4. |
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. |
(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. |
Synthyris reniformis |
Synthyris canbyi |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun; fruiting Apr–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Forests. | Alpine ridges, scree slopes. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 2100–3200 m. (6900–10500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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MT |
Discussion | Synthyris canbyi is known from the Mission, Rattlesnake, and Swan mountain ranges of northwest Montana. Flowering in S. canbyi begins at the margins of melting snow banks. Specimens from the southern end of the Mission Range appear intermediate between S. canbyi and S. dissecta. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 303. | FNA vol. 17, p. 299. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Wulfenia reniformis, Veronica regina-nivalis | Veronica canbyi |
Name authority | (Douglas ex Bentham) Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 454. (1846) | Pennell: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 93. (1933) |
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