Synthyris schizantha |
Synthyris reniformis |
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fringe kitten-tails, fringe kittentail, fringe-petal kitten's-tail, fringepetal kittentails |
round-leaf kittentail, snow queen |
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Leaves | 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. |
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 | erect, to 35 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 2, fan-shaped, largest 2+ cm; flowers 15–80, loosely aggregated. |
decumbent, to 18 cm in fruit; sterile bracts usually 0; flowers 5–10, loosely aggregated. |
Stamens | epipetalous. |
epipetalous. |
Ovaries | ovules 2–7. |
ovules 4. |
Capsules | glabrous or sparsely hairy along margins. |
sparsely hairy. |
Sepals | 4. |
4. |
Petals | (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. |
(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, puberulent-villous in throat, tube conspicuous. |
Synthyris schizantha |
Synthyris reniformis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–Jun; fruiting Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist slopes, forest edges. | Forests. |
Elevation | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | 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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 304. | FNA vol. 17, p. 303. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris | Plantaginaceae > Synthyris |
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Synonyms | Veronica schizantha | Wulfenia reniformis, Veronica regina-nivalis |
Name authority | Piper: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 223. (1902) | (Douglas ex Bentham) Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 454. (1846) |
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