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Amsinckia tessellata tessellata

Coll. No. 2.1, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Scanned 23 Sep 2013.

Determination is tentative because the corollas have deteriorated and the position of the stamens relative to the stigma is not visible.

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Coll. No. 271, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Photographed 8 Jan 2014.

Coll. No. 271, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 25 cm., green, non-parasitic, inland; Stem, erect, straight hairy; Leaf, alternate, 50 mm. × 6 mm. wide, somewhat reduced above, entire, bulbous hairy, not glaucus; Inflorescence, coiled, spike-like cyme; Calyx, 3 lobes separate + 2 lobes fused = 4 lobes, notched at tip; Receptacle conic; Corolla, yellow/orange, ±tubular, 8 mm. × limb 1.5 mm.; Ovary, deeply lobed, style base hidden within lobes; Nutlets, erect, 3 mm., scar lateral, flat, without thick rim, margin prickles 0.

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Coll. No. 343, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Photographed 10 May 2015.

Coll. No. 343, 20 April 2004, characters observed: Annual, to 30 cm.; Stem hairy, Leaf, alternate, 65 mm. × 14 mm., entire, hairy; Inflorescence, coiled raceme-like spikes; Calyx lobes 3, 2 are notched at tip, white hairy; Corolla, short (8 mm. when dry), orange; Receptacle (should be conical, since the scar is lateral, but not as conspicuous as in Cryptantha); Anthers (fill floral tube and are probably appressed to stigma); Nutlets, #3, deltate, 3 mm. × 2.5 mm. × 1.5 mm., erect, scar lateral, exposed, flat, without thick rim, surface cobblestone-like, margin prickles 0.

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Coll. No. 271, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Scanned 8 Jan 2014.

Coll. No. 271, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 25 cm., green, non-parasitic, inland; Stem, erect, straight hairy; Leaf, alternate, 50 mm. × 6 mm. wide, somewhat reduced above, entire, bulbous hairy, not glaucus; Inflorescence, coiled, spike-like cyme; Calyx, 3 lobes separate + 2 lobes fused = 4 lobes, notched at tip; Receptacle conic; Corolla, yellow/orange, ±tubular, 8 mm. × limb 1.5 mm.; Ovary, deeply lobed, style base hidden within lobes; Nutlets, erect, 3 mm., scar lateral, flat, without thick rim, margin prickles 0.

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Boraginaceae

Coll. No. 1588.5, Cryptantha or Plagiobothrys

Scanned 19 November 2017.

Coll. No. 1588.5, 18 April 2017, characters observed: Annual, to 20 cm.; Stem, decumbent to ascending, stiff white hairy; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 75 mm. × 17 mm. wide, reduced above, elliptical, entire, pustular white hairy; Corolla, tubular, 9 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, yellow; Ovary, deep-lobed, style base hidden within lobes; Nutlets, ±erect, but otherwise immature and characters indistinct.

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Cryptantha

Overview of Collection No. 563

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Coll No. 612, Cryptantha

Scanned 4 Oct 2011. Scale marks are 1 mm.

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Coll No. 612, Cryptantha

Scanned 4 Oct 2011. Scale in centimeters.

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Collection No. 621, Cryptantha

Scanned 27 Sep 2011, grid is 10 x 10 to the inch. Collection locality is Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California.

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Collection No. 535, Cryptantha, at Wimmer Flat on San Rafael Swell, Utah

Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

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Detail of Collection No. 563

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Coll. No. 535, Cryptantha

Scanned 24 January 2013.

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Coll. No. 380, Cryptantha

Scanned 13 May 2015. Discarded, no nutlets.

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Cryptantha ambigua

Coll. No. 986, Cryptantha ambigua

Photographed 7 March 2015.

Coll. No. 986, 20 June 2013, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 20 cm.; Inflorescence terminal; Bracts 0; Flowers many; Corolla salverform, limb 4.5 mm.; Petals white, appendages white; Ovary deep lobed, style base hidden within lobes; Nutlet, 1.8 mm., erect, abaxial ridge 0, “rough” (≤½surface area short papillate), scar lateral, without thick rim, grooved above scar, margin prickles 0;

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Coll. No. 952, Cryptantha ambigua

Photographed 7 March 2015.

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Cryptantha circumcissa

Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha circumcissa

Photographed 13 May 2015.

There are several calicies that are circumcissed visible in this photo.

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Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha circumcissa

Photographed 13 May 2015.

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Cryptantha circumscissa

Coll. No. 763, Cryptantha circumscissa var. circumscissa

Scanned 19 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 763, 19 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual 2-5 cm, generally wider than tall, root reddish but not staining; Leaf 7-9 mm, margin rolled under; Bracts present; Calyx not circumssissile; Corolla white, limb 2 mm when dry.

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Cryptantha confertiflora

Collection No. 779, Cryptantha confertiflora

Photograph taken 22 June 2011.

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Coll. No. 1179, Cryptantha confertifolia in the Rush Creek delta.

Photographed 25 June 2015.

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Coll. No. 753, Cryptantha confertifolia

Scanned 17 Jan 2012.

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Cryptantha fendleri

Coll. No. 2697, Cryptantha fendleri.

Photographed 8 February 2022.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene.  Sand Dune Cat's-Eye.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Small valley between two ridges, just north of Salt Creek and Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 435 "Salt Creek Road," 3.1 mi. by road west of US Highway 285, 145 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden 38.9594°N, 106.0124°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2871 m. Open grassland with a few down trees; also collected here: Artemisia frigida, Astragalus hallii, and Hesperostipa comata.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2697. 16-Aug-2021

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Cryptantha flavoculata

Coll. No. 222, Cryptantha flavoculata

Coll. No. 222, 27 April 2000, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 20 cm.; Hairs of two kinds, short appressed, long single-celled “bulbous-based bristles;” Leaves basal and cauline, cauline alternate, to 65 mm. × 12 mm. wide; Corolla, salverform, white, tube 4 mm. + lobe 3.5 mm., appendages prominent; Nutlets not sufficiently developed.

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Cryptantha gracilis

Coll. No. 310, Cryptantha gracilis

Photographed 13 May 2015.

Coll. No. 310, 25 May 2003, characters observed: Annual, to 20 cm.; Bracts, 0; Calyx, lobes, in fruit, 2.3 mm., hairs straight; Corolla, limb, very small; Nutlets, #1, 1.7 mm., smooth, margin gen. rounded, gen. symmetric, scar central, but attachment scars slightly overlapped, abaxially slightly rounded.

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Coll. No. 397, Cryptantha gracilis

Photographed 10 May 2015. (Sorry about the lousy photo.)

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Coll. No. 397, Cryptantha gracilis

Scanned 10 May 2015.

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Cryptantha micrantha micrantha

Coll. No. 762, Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha

Scanned 19 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 762, 19 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual root red-purple; Calyx not circumsessile; Corolla limb 2-3 mm when dry, appendages minute, persistent.

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Cryptantha muricata

Coll. No. 7.2, Cryptantha muricata ?

Scanned 4 May 2015.

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Cryptantha pterocarya cycloptera

Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera

Scanned 11 May 2015.

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Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera

Photographed 11 May 2015.

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Cryptantha pterocarya pterocarya

Coll. No. 275, Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya

Photographed 7 March 2015.

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Coll. No. 398, Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya

Photographed 9 May 2015. four nutlets, from left: one nutlet with toothed wing behind conical gynobase and pistil, one nutlet with toothed wing, one unwinged nutlet, and one nutlet with toothed wing; these nutlets are heteromorphic.

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Coll. No. 275, Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya

Photographed 7 March 2015.

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Coll. No. 398, Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya

Scanned 9 May 2015.

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Cryptantha sp.

Coll. No. 2697, Cryptantha sp. growing beside a log.

Photographed 16 August 2021.

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Cryptantha utahensis

Coll. No. 1588, Cryptantha utahensis

Scanned 19 November 2017.

Coll. No. 1588, 18 April 2017, characters observed: Annual, 18-25 cm., taller than wide, pustulate appressed hairy throughout; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 20 mm. × 3 mm. wide, margin entire; Inflorescence, not bracteate; Pedicel, 0 mm.; Calyx, rounded at base, 2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, 3 mm. in fruit, hairs straight (not hooked) throughout; Corolla, limb 2.6 mm., white; Nutlets, generally #1, ventral groove central, margin sharp but not flattened or wing-like, papillate with few small spines. Keyed with Simpson & Hasenstab (2009).

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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1588, Cryptantha utahensis

Scanned 19 November 2017.

Coll. No. 1588, 18 April 2017, characters observed: Annual, 18-25 cm., taller than wide, pustulate appressed hairy throughout; Leaves, cauline, alternate, sessile, 20 mm. × 3 mm. wide, margin entire; Inflorescence, not bracteate; Pedicel, 0 mm.; Calyx, rounded at base, 2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, 3 mm. in fruit, hairs straight (not hooked) throughout; Corolla, limb 2.6 mm., white; Nutlets, generally #1, ventral groove central, margin sharp but not flattened or wing-like, papillate with few small spines. Keyed with Simpson & Hasenstab (2009).

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Cryptantha virgata

Coll. No. 1873, Cryptantha virgata

Photographed 12 November 2018.

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Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Photographed 3 May 2015.

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  • Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Cryptantha virgata.
  • Nightbird Gulch Trail, Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado: beside trail.
  • Field Notes: Sunday, May 3rd.

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Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Photographed 3 May 2015.

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Cryptantha watsonii

Coll. No. 761, Cryptantha watsonii

Scanned 19 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 761, 19 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual 20-40 cm, generall taller than wide; Leaf 12-40 mm, linear; Bracts present; Calyx lobes 3 mm, hairs straight not hooked, lobe tip bristles straight; Corolla limb quite small (1-2 mm); Nutlets 4, approximately equal size, smooth, scar centered, extends to tip.

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Cynoglossum officinale

Coll. No. 2124, Cynoglossum officinale

Photographed 16 November 2019

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Obs. No. 1552, Cynoglossum officinale

Photographed 8 May 2017.

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Obs. No. 1552, Cynoglossum officinale

Photographed 8 May 2017.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1827.1, Cynoglossum officinale.

Photographed 16 May 2018.

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Glochidiate prickles on the nutlets of Coll. No. 1434, Cynoglossum officinale

Scanned 12 December 2016.

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Echium plantagineum

Echium plantagineum growing in a vacant lot, Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain

Photograph taken February 15, 2004.

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Coll. No. 325, Echium plantagineum

Scanned 11 Sep 2013.

Coll. No. 325, 15 Feb 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 35 cm.; Corolla, 23 mm., blue-purple, long hairs mostly on nerves, but also on margins of lobes (not short hairy throughout); Stamens, at least some exserted. Keyed with: Anthos. 2011. Sistema de información de las plantas de España. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC- Fundación Biodiversidad. Recurso electrónico en www.anthos.es. Consulta realizada en marzo de 2011[Fecha de la consulta: 11 Sep 2013].

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Ellisia nyctelea

Coll. No. 2486.1, Ellisia nyctelea

Photographed 19 October 2021.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.  Aunt Lucy.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northern part of park, along an informal horse trail, 6.24 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7977°N, 105.2093°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1815 m. Few plants here. Also collected here: Senecio integerrimus, Boechera fendleri, Scutellaria brittonii, Delphinium carolinianum virescens, Potentilla pensylvanica, Viola nuttallii, &c. In a nearly closed depression on the toe of an ancient landslide.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2021, issued: Apr 1, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2486.1 2-Jun-2021

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Coll. No. 1391, Ellisia nyctelea

Scanned 20 November 2016.

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Hackelia floribunda

Coll. No. 2849, Hackelia floribunda.

Photographed 17 November 2022.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I. M. Johnst.  Many-Flowered Stickseed.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. In Morrison Creek where crossed by the horse trail (possibly an old road), 1.93 km. west northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.73 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3099°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2547 m. Largest specimens about 1 m. tall, bluish-white flowers, nutlets with prickles connate at the base. Edges of forest along creek; also collected here: Erigeron eximius, Aconitum columbianum, and Geranium caespitosum.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2849. 12-Jul-2022

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Coll. No. 2849, Hackelia floribunda.

Photographed 17 November 2022.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I. M. Johnst.  Many-Flowered Stickseed.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. In Morrison Creek where crossed by the horse trail (possibly an old road), 1.93 km. west northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.73 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3099°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2547 m. Largest specimens about 1 m. tall, bluish-white flowers, nutlets with prickles connate at the base. Edges of forest along creek; also collected here: Erigeron eximius, Aconitum columbianum, and Geranium caespitosum.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2849. 12-Jul-2022

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Heliotropium curassavicum

Succulent leaves of Heliotropium curassavicum

Photograph taken 30 August 2010.

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  • Rush Creek Delta Trail, East, Mono County, California: in delta.

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Flowers of Heliotropium curassavicum on the Rush Creek delta.

Photograph taken 30 August 2010.

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  • Rush Creek Delta Trail, East, Mono County, California: in delta.
  • Field Notes: Col. #717.
  • A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: Seaside Heliotrope.
  • Does Seaside Heliotrope (Heliotropium curvassicum L.) occur in the Mono Lake Basin?: 1.

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Appearance of Heliotropium curassavicum on the Rush Creek delta.

Photograph taken 30 August 2010.

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Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum

Photographed 21 June 2018.

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JEPS67989, Shockley #437

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  • Does Seaside Heliotrope (Heliotropium curvassicum L.) occur in the Mono Lake Basin?: 4.

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Coll. No. 717, Heliotropium curassavicum

Scanned 20 Nov 2011.

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UC78866, Shockley #437

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  • Does Seaside Heliotrope (Heliotropium curvassicum L.) occur in the Mono Lake Basin?: 6.

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Location of Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum

Photographed 21 June 2018.

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Page of Jepson's 1940 Flora of California

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  • Does Seaside Heliotrope (Heliotropium curvassicum L.) occur in the Mono Lake Basin?: 2.

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Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum

Scanned 21 June 2018.

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Coll. No. 717, Heliotropium curassavicum

Scanned 20 Nov 2011.

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Location of Coll. No. 1959, Heliotropium curassavicum

Exported 21 June 2018.

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Hesperochiron californicus

Hesperochiron californicus collected in Alkali Valley.

Photograph taken 29 June 2010.

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Hydrophyllum fendleri

Coll. No. 2499, Hydrophyllum fendleri

Photographed 26 October 2021.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Hydrophyllum fendleri (A. Gray) A. Heller.  Fendler's Waterleaf.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Southwest corner of the ranch, along an unnamed intermittent stream tributary to Bull Gulch, 22.5 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.9038°N, 105.2806°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2023 m. Also collected nearby: Besseya plantaginea. Jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2021, issued: Apr 1, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2499. 4-Jun-2021

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Coll. No. 1396, Hydrophyllum fendleri

Scanned 1 December 2016.

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Lappula occidentalis cupulata

Coll. No. 421, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. cupulata

Scanned 7 Sep 2013.

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Coll. No. 421, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. cupulata

Scanned 7 Sep 2013.

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Lappula occidentalis occidentalis

Coll. No. 480, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. redowskii occidentalis

The grid spacing is 1/4 inch.

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Coll. No. 480, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. redowskii occidentalis.

The grid spacing is 1/4 inch.

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Nutlets of Coll. No. 1019, Lappula redowski var. redowski occidentalis var. occidentalis

Scanned 3 January 2015.

Coll. No. 1019, 24 Jul 2013, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 40 cm., without milky juice, ; Flowers 1 per axil; Pedicel erect in fruit; Calyx, lobes w/o teeth in fruit; Corolla, 2 mm., ±tubular, lobes blue; Receptacle, conic, ±=nutlet; Ovary, deep-lobed, style base hidden within lobes; Nutlets, ±erect (not spreading), scar lateral, straight w/o thick rim, margin prickles in 1 row, wider at base, not fused into crown, barbed.

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Lithospermum arvense

Coll. No. 1788, Lithospermum arvense

Scanned 20 April 2008.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1788, Lithospermum arvense.

Photographed 19 April 2018.

The little white dots in the left foreground are Lithospermum arvense.

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Habitat of Lithospermum arvense in Kinney Run.

Photographed 12 April 2018.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1827, Lithospermum arvense

Photographed 16 May 2018.

The little white dots are the flowers of Lithospermum arvense.

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Lithospermum incisum

Nutlets of Coll. No. 2365.1, Lithospermum sp., likely L. incisum

Scanned 1 July 2020.

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Coll. No. 2365.1, Lithospermum sp., likely L. incisum

Scanned 1 July 2020.

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Coll. No. 2365.1, Lithospermum sp., likely L. incisum

Scanned 1 July 2020.

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Coll. No. 1124, Lithospermum incisum

Scanned 29 September 2015.

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Detail of Coll. No. 1382, Lithospermum incisum

Scanned 27 November 2016.

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Coll. No. 1382, Lithospermum incisum

Scanned 27 November 2016.

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Lithospermum multiflorum

Habitat of Coll. No. 2376, Lithospermum multiflorum

Phototographed 23 June 2020.

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Fruit of Coll. No. 2615, Lithospermum multiflorum.

Scanned 15 January 2022.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum multiflorum Torrey ex A. Gray.  Many Flowered Stoneseed.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Northern part of ranch, north-facing slope overlooking Spring Brook. 2.2 km. north of the main gate, 23.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.9139°N, 105.2783°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2043 m. Mostly in fruit, nearly finished blooming. Deep grasses in openings of ponderosa pine woodland. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2021, issued: Apr 1, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2615. 20-Jul-2021

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Coll. No. 2376, Lithospermum multiflorum

Phototographed 23 June 2020.

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Coll. No. 2175, Lithospermum multiflorum

Photographed 26 January 2020.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum multiflorum Torrey ex A. Gray.  Many Flowered Stoneseed.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, fairly close to Little Scraggy trailhead, 4 mi. generally south of town of Buffalo Creek on County Road 126, 60 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3407°N, 105.2607°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2405 m. Also collected here: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. collina, Geranium caespitosum, and Koeleria macrantha. Area generally disturbed by minerals prospecting, fuels reduction, and mountain biking recreation.

Collected by permit: Pike-Isabel National Forest, 2019, issued: Mar 8, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2175. 23-Jul-2019

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Coll. No. 2175, Lithospermum multiflorum

Scanned 26 January 2010.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum multiflorum Torrey ex A. Gray.  Many Flowered Stoneseed.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, fairly close to Little Scraggy trailhead, 4 mi. generally south of town of Buffalo Creek on County Road 126, 60 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3407°N, 105.2607°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2405 m. Also collected here: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. collina, Geranium caespitosum, and Koeleria macrantha. Area generally disturbed by minerals prospecting, fuels reduction, and mountain biking recreation.

Collected by permit: Pike-Isabel National Forest, 2019, issued: Mar 8, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2175. 23-Jul-2019

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Lithospermum occidentale

Coll. No. 2107, Lithospermum occidentale

Photographed 1 July 2019.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Lithospermum occidentale (Mack.) Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes.  Western Marbleseed.

Lippincott Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northernmost Jefferson County, parcel jointly owned by Jefferson County Open Space and City of Boulder OSMP, open prairie in southeast portion, 21.8 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.9009°N, 105.2724°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1977 m. East-facing swale; also collected here: Calochortus gunnisonii and Claytonia rosea.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2019, issued: Mar 1, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2107. 1-Jul-2019

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Gynobase of Lithospermum occidentale

Microphotograph made 8 August 2016.

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Lithospermum occidentale on the west side of Green Mountain

Photographed 2 August 2014.

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Mertensia ciliata

Flower details of Coll. No. 2194.1 Mertensia ciliata

Photographed 3 February 2020.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) G. Don.  Tall Fringed Bluebells.

Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado. Along Chaffee County Road 311, about 0.8 mi. west of its intersection with US Highway 285 at Trout Creek Pass, 149 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 38.9082°N, 105.9889°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2883 m. Collected with Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda, Tetradymia canescens, Geranium caespitosum, Penstemon barbatus, Galium boreale, and Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides.

Collected by permit: Pike-Isabel National Forest, 2019, issued: Mar 8, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2194.1 5-Aug-2019

Coll. No. 2194.1, 5 August 2019, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40-45 cm.; Stem, herbaceous, green, glabrous; Leaves, basal, withered, cauline, alternate, petiole 50 mm. + blade 125 mm. × 27 mm. wide, reduced above, lanceolate, mid-rib prominent, lateral veins evident, pustular foveate adaxially, margins strigulose (ciliate?); Inflorescence, cymose; Pedicel, 1-2 mm., elongating to 5 mm. in fruit; Calyx, lobes, #5, 2 mm., fused 0.5 mm., interior strigose; Corolla, 3-4 mm., fused, white to blue, ring of hairs near base (0.5 mm.), Stamens, #5, in throat; Filaments, attached ≤fornices, ≤anthers; Anthers, 1.2 mm.; Style, #1, 4 mm., elongating to 6 mm. in fruit; Fruit, nutlet, nominally #4, but sometimes only #2 develop; 2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, attachment lateral, adaxially keeled above scar, margin without bristles or prickles.

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Coll. No. 2194.1 Mertensia ciliata

Photographed 3 February 2020.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) G. Don.  Tall Fringed Bluebells.

Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado. Along Chaffee County Road 311, about 0.8 mi. west of its intersection with US Highway 285 at Trout Creek Pass, 149 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 38.9082°N, 105.9889°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2883 m. Collected with Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda, Tetradymia canescens, Geranium caespitosum, Penstemon barbatus, Galium boreale, and Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides.

Collected by permit: Pike-Isabel National Forest, 2019, issued: Mar 8, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2194.1 5-Aug-2019

Coll. No. 2194.1, 5 August 2019, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40-45 cm.; Stem, herbaceous, green, glabrous; Leaves, basal, withered, cauline, alternate, petiole 50 mm. + blade 125 mm. × 27 mm. wide, reduced above, lanceolate, mid-rib prominent, lateral veins evident, pustular foveate adaxially, margins strigulose (ciliate?); Inflorescence, cymose; Pedicel, 1-2 mm., elongating to 5 mm. in fruit; Calyx, lobes, #5, 2 mm., fused 0.5 mm., interior strigose; Corolla, 3-4 mm., fused, white to blue, ring of hairs near base (0.5 mm.), Stamens, #5, in throat; Filaments, attached ≤fornices, ≤anthers; Anthers, 1.2 mm.; Style, #1, 4 mm., elongating to 6 mm. in fruit; Fruit, nutlet, nominally #4, but sometimes only #2 develop; 2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, attachment lateral, adaxially keeled above scar, margin without bristles or prickles.

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Coll. No. 2596, Mertensia ciliata

Photographed 14 December 2021.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) G. Don.  Tall Fringed Bluebells.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. About 400 m. east of Lily Lake, along Pike-San Isabel Forest Road 131, 2.6 road miles west of US Highway 24, and 10.8 road miles north northwest of Leadville, 140 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3522°N, 106.3646°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3227 m. Low slope in lodgepole pine forest.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2596. 13-Jul-2021

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Flower of Coll. No. 2194.1 Mertensia ciliata

Photographed 3 February 2020.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) G. Don.  Tall Fringed Bluebells.

Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado. Along Chaffee County Road 311, about 0.8 mi. west of its intersection with US Highway 285 at Trout Creek Pass, 149 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 38.9082°N, 105.9889°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2883 m. Collected with Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda, Tetradymia canescens, Geranium caespitosum, Penstemon barbatus, Galium boreale, and Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides.

Collected by permit: Pike-Isabel National Forest, 2019, issued: Mar 8, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2194.1 5-Aug-2019

Coll. No. 2194.1, 5 August 2019, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40-45 cm.; Stem, herbaceous, green, glabrous; Leaves, basal, withered, cauline, alternate, petiole 50 mm. + blade 125 mm. × 27 mm. wide, reduced above, lanceolate, mid-rib prominent, lateral veins evident, pustular foveate adaxially, margins strigulose (ciliate?); Inflorescence, cymose; Pedicel, 1-2 mm., elongating to 5 mm. in fruit; Calyx, lobes, #5, 2 mm., fused 0.5 mm., interior strigose; Corolla, 3-4 mm., fused, white to blue, ring of hairs near base (0.5 mm.), Stamens, #5, in throat; Filaments, attached ≤fornices, ≤anthers; Anthers, 1.2 mm.; Style, #1, 4 mm., elongating to 6 mm. in fruit; Fruit, nutlet, nominally #4, but sometimes only #2 develop; 2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, attachment lateral, adaxially keeled above scar, margin without bristles or prickles.

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Mertensia lanceolata

Corolla of Coll. No. 2035, Mertensia lanceolata

Scanned 20 July 2019.

Coll. No. 2035, 26 May 2019, characters observed: Perennial, relatively short (<40 cm.); Leaves, cauline, adaxial surface slightly pustular strigose directed toward apex; Calyx, not divided to base; Corolla, tube 6.5 mm. + lobes 7.5 mm., fused 5.5 mm., ring of white hairs near (2.2 mm.) base; Filaments, 3.5 mm., attached below (0.5 mm.) fornices, filaments > anthers; Anthers, #6 (!), 1.8-1.9 mm., versatile.

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Coll. No. 1906, Mertensia lanceolata

Photographed 28 November 2018.

Coll. No. 1906, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, with spreading-ascending branches to 20 cm.; Stem, glabrous; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 55 mm. + blade 50 mm. × 12.5 mm. wide, lanceolate, distinct lateral veins, papillate adaxially, margin, entire, appressed ciliate; cauline, sessile, 40 mm. × 4 mm. wide, without distinct lateral veins, papillate adaxially, margin, entire, appressed ciliate; Inflorescence, panicle; Calyx, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 2-3 mm.; Corolla, tube 4 mm. + throat 4.5 mm., limb 5 mm., deciduous, blue, small tufts of hairs at base of throat; Stamens, #5, inserted, attached at throat; Filaments, 2 mm.; Anthers, 2.3 mm., yellow; Ovary, 0.7 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, partially fused to calyx; Style, 7.0-7.5 mm., single, ±≥anthers; Stigma, simple; Fruit, #4 nutlets, 1.7 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide.

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Coll. No. 1320, Mertensia lanceolata along the Golden Cliffs Trail.

Photographed 4 May 2016.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1129, Mertensia lanceolata

Photographed 1 June 2015.

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Coll. No. 1129, Mertensia lanceolata

Scanned 1 October 2015.

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Interior of flower of Coll. No. 1595, Mertensia lanceolata

Scanned 26 November 2017.

The things to see here are: the filaments are as long as the anthers and attached near the throat of the corolla tube at the level of the fornices, and there is a ring of hairs at the base of the corolla tube.

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Mertensia oblongifolia

Mertensia oblongifolia at Wild Horse Reservoir.

Photographed 3 May 2024.

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  • Field Notes: 3 May 2024.
  • Nevada State Route 225 “Mountain City Highway”: 29900.

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Myosotis

Georeferenced collections of selected Myosotis near Colorado.

Generated on SEINet 8 December 2019.

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Myosotis laxa

Coll. No. 1006, stem base often decumbent but base not creeping or stolon-like.

Photographed 16 February 2015.

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Coll. No. 846, Myosotis laxa

Scanned 23 Jun 2013.

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  • Cemetery Road, Forest Road 02N40, Mono County, California: along Mill Ck.
  • Field Notes: Coll. No. 846.
  • A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: at Mill Creek.

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Coll. No. 846, Myosotis laxa

Scanned 23 Jun 2013.

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Coll. No. 1006, style < nutlets.

Photographed 16 February 2015.

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Coll. No. 1006, corolla diameter 3 mm., calyx tube > lobes.

Photographed 16 February 2015.

The calyx lobes are 1.0-1.2 mm. and the calyx tube is 1.4-1.8 mm. The length of the tube is 1.17-1.80 ×the length of the lobes. If we would consider that ratio that tube >> lobes, then we would consider M. scorpiodes.

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Coll. No. 1006, smooth, shiny seeds with basal attachment scars, length ±1.3 mm.

Photographed 16 February 2015.

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Location of Coll. No. 1013, Myosotis laxa

Photographed 22 July 2013.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1006, Myosotis laxa

Photographed 22 July 2013 in the Mill Creek delta, Mono Lake.

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Myosotis micrantha

Coll. No. 2154, Myosotis micrantha

Photographed 8 December 2019.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Myosotis micrantha Pall. Ex Lehm.  Small-Flowered Forget-Me-Not.

Lippincott Property, Jefferson County, Colorado. Northernmost Jefferson County, parcel jointly owned by Jefferson County Open Space and City of Boulder OSMP, southwest corner near the railroad tracks, 22.3 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.9024°N, 105.2801°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2067 m. Deep forest duff in ponderosa pine woodland, with Collomia linearis, Eriogonum umbellatum, Hypericum perforatum, and Campanula rotundifolia.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2019, issued: Mar 1, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2154. 13-Jul-2019

Coll. No. 2154, 13 Jul 2019, characters observed; Annual, 12-20 cm.; Stems, erect, branched at and above the base; Leaves, alternate, sessile, oblanceolate, 14 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, strigose, few hooked hairs on abaxial mid-rib; Inflorescence, scorpioid, greatly exceeding leaves, although there are flowers throughout the plant; Pedicel, in fruit << calyx; Calyx, in flower, 2.5 mm., fused ±½, lobes ±equal, strigose, some hairs hooked, in fruit 4 mm.; Corolla, white, lobes, blue; Nutlets, 1.2 mm., >>style, brown, smooth, shiny, margin sharp raised.

I applied M. micrantha because the inflorescence greatly exceeds the leaves and the plant is floriferous nearly to the base. Also hairs are hooked on the abaxial mid-rib of the leaves, a character only described for M. micrantha (see the Jepson Manual of California, 2nd ed.). This will key to M. arvensis in Ackerfield (2015). However, M. micrantha is not a possibility there. Distribution of collections of the two taxa (SEINet, 8 Dec 2019) show collections of M. micrantha in northeast Utah and southeast Wyoming, whereas collections of M. arvensis are much farther from Colorado.

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Myosotis scorpioides

Coll. No. 2621, Myosotis scorpioides.

Photographed 19 January 2022.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Boraginaceae

Myosotis scorpioides L.  True Forget-Me-Not.

Spring Brook, Boulder County, Colorado. Northern part of Lippincott Ranch in Boulder County, in the bed of Spring Brook, 2.37 km. north of the main gate to Lippincott Ranch, 24.0 km. north northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.9152°N, 105.2785°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2011 m. Also collected here: Agrimonia striata. Lippincott Ranch is jointly owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2021, issued: Apr 1, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2621. 20-Jul-2021

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Nama demissum demissum

Coll. No. 284, Nama demissum var. demissum

Scanned 5 Jan 2014.

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Nama densum densum

Coll. No. 928, Nama densum var. densum

Photographed 20 May 2013.

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Coll. No. 928, Nama densum var. densum

Scanned on 23 Feb 2014.

Coll. No. 928, 20 May 2014, characters observed: Annual, low, mounded, to 3 cm.; Hairs, dense, spreading; Calyx, free from ovary; Corolla, 3.2 mm., limb 2.0-2.3 mm.; Style, #1, 0.4 mm.

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Nemophila menziesii menziesii

Coll. No. 74.1, Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii

Scanned 18 January 2013.

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Oreocarya thyrsiflora

Coll. No. 2563, Oreocarya thyrsiflora

Photographed 1 December 2021.

Plants of Colorado
Boraginaceae

Oreocarya thyrsiflora Greene.  Limestone Cat's-Eye.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. South-facing hillside along Salt Creek and Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 435 "Salt Creek Road," 3.2 mi. by road west of US Highway 285, 145 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 38.9583°N, 106.0126°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2871 m. Open hillside with pines, also collected here: Penstemon barbatus, Chaenactis douglasii, Gutierrezia sarothrae, and Muhlenbergia montana.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2563. 12-Jul-2021

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Pectocarya

Coll. No. 336 turned out to be a mixed collection.

Scanned 16 October 2012.

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Pectocarya heterocarpa

Coll. No. 336.1, Pectocarya heterocarpa

Scanned 17 October 2012.

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On the left, each pair of nutlets are curved in different planes, and the dentate margins of one pair are much smaller than the margins of the other pair.

On the right, the pedicels are aligned with, and partially fused to one nutlet.

The scale bar is 10 mm in length.

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Coll. No. 336.1, Pectocarya heterocarpa

Scanned 16 October 2012.

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Coll. No. 445.1, Pectocarya heterocarpa

Scanned 10 Sep 2013.

Coll. No. 445.1, 20 April 2005, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 10 cm., densely branched at base; Pedicel, in fruit, partly fused to one nutlet; Calyx bilateral; Sepals unequal, upper 2 > others; Style 1, simple, attached to receptacle; Stigma 1; Nutlets 4, mature spreading widely, margins, basal nutlet margins less ornamented than cauline,

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Pectocarya platycarpa

Collection No. 445 from the Mesquite Mountains

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Whole Scan of Collection No. 368 Pectocarya platycarpa

Scanned at 150 dpi, Area show is about 7.5 cm wide by 12 cm high, major grid marks are 1 inch apart.

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Collection No. 445 from the Mesquite Mountains

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Detail of Collection No. 368 Pectocarya platycarpa

Scanned at 1200 dpi, area shown is about 10 mm wide by 17 mm high, grid marks are 1/4 inch apart.

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Coll. No. 336.2, Pectocarya platycarpa

Scanned 17 October 2012. Coll. No. 336.2, 20 Apr 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, green / non-parasitic; Stem ascending; Pedicel free from nutlets; Corolla color unknown (should be white); Nutlets 4, spreading, paired, oblong, similar, straight, margins dentate, margin teeth width about equal length.

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Pectocarya setosa

Coll. No. 124, Pectocarya setosa

Scanned 4 November 2012.

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Coll. No. 124, Pectocarya setosa

Scanned 4 November 2012.

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Coll. No. 124, Pectocarya setosa

Scanned 4 November 2012.

Read this, "[hairs have a] … swollen base, surrounded by a tesselated rosette of radially oriented cells." Wish I had written that description.

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Pectocarya setosa found in Coll. No. 273.1

Scanned 2 Jan 2014.

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Phacelia

Pretty little Phacelia in the Mid Hills Campground.

Photograph taken April 21, 2004.

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Phacelia bicolor

Collection Number 466

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Phacelia bicolor, Collection No. 594

Photograph taken 16 June 2010.

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The happy botanist checks his determination of Phacelia bicolor.

Photograph taken 16 June 2010.

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Coll. No. 748, Phacelia bicolor

Scanned 15 Jan 2012.

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Phacelia calthifolia

Phacelia calthifolia Brand near Shoshone.

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  • California Highway 178: 63000.

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Phacelia calthifolia Brand growing in pattern aligned with subsurface cracks.

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  • California Highway 178: 63000.

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Phacelia campanularia vasiformis

Coll. No. 8.1, Phacelia campanularia var. vasiformis

Scanned 8 Sep 2013.

Coll. No. 8.1, 16 Apr 1993, characters observed while keying: Annual/perennial unknown, height ≥ 25 cm.; Petiole 30 mm.; Leaf, blade round, 50 mm., veins palmate, shallowly lobed and toothed; Pedicels, in fruit, 10 mm., spreading(?, def. not reflexed); Calyx, in fruit, strap-shaped, 12 mm. × 1.5-2.0 mm wide; Corolla, 33 mm., blue, deciduous in fruit; Ovary, 6 mm. × 3.5 mm wide, ovate, short-hairy; Style, 30 mm., persistent, exserted, parted 8 of 30 mm., ±¼ of length; Seeds, ±20 per chamber, not all fully developed, 1 mm., pitted, winged one side(?).

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Phacelia crenulata crenulata

Detail Scan of Collection No. 362, Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata.

Scanned at 720 dpi. Area shown is about 21 mm wide by 26 mm high.

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Whole Scan of Collection No. 357, Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata

Scanned at 150 dpi. Area shown is about 10 cm wide by 14 cm high, major grid marks are 1 inch apart.

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Whole Scan of Collection No. 362, Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata.

Scanned at 96 dpi. Area shown is 7 cm wide by 18 cm high.

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Phacelia distans

Coll. No. 402, Phacelia distans

Scanned 16 January 2013.

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Coll. No. 415, Phacelia distans

Scanned 15 January 2013.

The next closest thing to amabilis, under the hoof-beats theory, would be Phacelia crenulata. However, the calyx lobes are too narrow, and the fruit is too hairy (at least while young) to fit there.

Received advice from Andy Sanders that this is P. distans.

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Phacelia fremontii

Collection No. 443 Phacelia fremontii from the Mesquite Mountains

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Coll. No. 273.1, Phacelia fremontii

Scanned 2 Jan 2014.

Coll. No. 273.1, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 12 cm., green; Stem, branched at base; Leaves, mostly basal, few cauline, alternate, deeply lobed; Inflorescence coiled; Calyx, sinus appendages 0; Sepals 5, none cordate; Flowers open, bisexual; Perianth in 2 or more whorls, parts 5; Corolla radial, deciduous in fruit; Petals fused 9 mm. + free 2 mm. = 11 mm., lobes blue; Stamens, #=corolla lobes, inserted, alternate, 5 mm.; Filaments, free, glabrous; Ovary superior, entire, hairy distally; Pistil 1; Style 1, 3 mm., hairy proximally; Stigma, 2-lobed; Seeds, # unknown (s/b 10-18), surface unknown (s/b furrowed).

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Coll. No. 3.4, Phacelia fremontii

Scanned 2 January 2013.

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Coll. No. 311, Phacelia fremontii

Scanned 10 January 2013.

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Phacelia gymnoclada

Coll. No. 393, Phacelia gymnoclada

Scanned 18 January 2013.

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Phacelia hastata compacta

Coll. No. 684, Phacelia hastata var. compacta

Scanned 30 Oct 2011.

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Phacelia hastata hastata

Collection No. 584, Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch, scanned 11 April 2010.

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Collection No. 584, Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch, scanned 11 April 2010.

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Collection No. 584, Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch, scanned 11 April 2010.

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Phacelia heterophylla

Coll. No. 2081, Phacelia heterophylla

Photographed 14 October 2019.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1138, Phacelia heterophylla

Photographed 9 June 2015.

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Phacelia heterophylla virgata

Coll. No. 780, Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Scanned 24 Jan 2012.

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Phacelia humilis dudleyi

Coll. No. 1192, Phacelia humilis

Photographed 26 June 2015.

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Coll. No. 1192, Phacelia humilis var. dudleyi

Scanned 16 November 2015.

Coll. No. 1192, 26 June 2015, characters observed: Annual, to 8 cm., hairy throughout, straight white eglandular hairs; Leaves, simple, petiole 3.5 mm., blade, 22 mm. × 6.5 mm. wide, elliptical, margin entire; Corolla, 6 mm., deciduous; Stamens, #5, exserted 2 mm.; Filaments, very few short hairs.

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Habitat of Coll. No. 1192, Phacelia humilis

Photographed 26 June 2015.

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Phacelia humilis humilis

Coll. No. 793, Phacelia humilis var. humilis

Scanned 15 Dec 2011.

Coll. No. 793, 15 Dec 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual or Perennial herb, to 15 cm; Stem pubescent with sparse long hairs, not particularly glandular; Leaves simple; Infloresence scorpoid, elingate, 4 cm.; Calyx 5-merous, hairy (not ciliate), to 5(6) mm in fruit; Corollas blue, 6 mm wide, deciduous; Stamens 5-6 mm, exserted; Filaments glabrous at base, subtended by bristles.

Identified as var. dudleyi when collected but changed to var. humilis on the short length of the calyx and stamens.

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Coll. No. 793, Phacelia humilis var. humilis

Scanned 15 Dec 2011.

Coll. No. 793, 15 Dec 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual or Perennial herb, to 15 cm; Stem pubescent with sparse long hairs, not particularly glandular; Leaves simple; Infloresence scorpoid, elingate, 4 cm.; Calyx 5-merous, hairy (not ciliate), to 5(6) mm in fruit; Corollas blue, 6 mm wide, deciduous; Stamens 5-6 mm, exserted; Filaments glabrous at base, subtended by bristles.

Identified as var. dudleyi when collected but changed to var. humilis on the short length of the calyx and stamens.

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Phacelia pedicellata

Phacelia pedicellata found in the rocks just below Lobo Point.

This specimen of Phacelia pedicellata is found in a ravine near the top of the landslide on Lobo Point. The photograph was taken April 24, 2001. I have seen this plant in bloom here once before. Location: 11S 0643447 3879841 1457 m.

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Phacelia pedicellata A. Gray at Lobo Point

Phacelia pedicellata, in rocks on steep slopes of Lobo Point. Photograph taken in April, 1998.

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Phacelia perityloides jaegeri

Collection No. 458, Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri

Scanned 15-Jan-06.

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Collection No. 452, Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri from the Mesquite Mountains.

Scanned 21-Jan-06.

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Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri at Lobo Point.

Photograph taken May 28, 2005.

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Phacelia ramosissima

Coll. No. 669, Phacelia ramosissima

Scanned 7 June 2011.

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Coll. No. 669, Phacelia ramosissima

Scanned 7 June 2011.

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Coll. No. 315, Phacelia ramosissima

Scanned 19 January 2013.

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Coll. No. 96, Phacelia ramosissima

Scanned 13 January 2013.

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Coll. No. 321, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 19 January 2013.

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Phacelia sericea

Coll. No. 1481, Phacelia sericea

Scanned 24 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1481, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., from tap root, ±spreading hairy and lightly glandular throughout; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 25 mm. + blade 30 mm. × 10 mm. wide, lanceolate, deeply pinnafitid, margins toothed, cauline, alternate, similar but reduced above; Inflorescence, panicle or thryse, not coiled; Calyx, 4 mm., lobes #5, 3.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, Flowers, actinomorphic; Corolla, tube 3 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, spreading, tip round, purple; Stamens, #5, alternate, exserted 5 mm.; Ovary, superior, 1.8 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, hairy distally; Styles, #1, 8.5 mm., forked, hairy proximally; Stigma, thread-like; Seed, unknown.

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Coll. No. 1481, Phacelia sericea

Scanned 24 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1481, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., from tap root, ±spreading hairy and lightly glandular throughout; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 25 mm. + blade 30 mm. × 10 mm. wide, lanceolate, deeply pinnafitid, margins toothed, cauline, alternate, similar but reduced above; Inflorescence, panicle or thryse, not coiled; Calyx, 4 mm., lobes #5, 3.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, Flowers, actinomorphic; Corolla, tube 3 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, spreading, tip round, purple; Stamens, #5, alternate, exserted 5 mm.; Ovary, superior, 1.8 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, hairy distally; Styles, #1, 8.5 mm., forked, hairy proximally; Stigma, thread-like; Seed, unknown.

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Coll. No. 1481, Phacelia sericea

Scanned 24 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1481, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 25 cm., from tap root, ±spreading hairy and lightly glandular throughout; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole 25 mm. + blade 30 mm. × 10 mm. wide, lanceolate, deeply pinnafitid, margins toothed, cauline, alternate, similar but reduced above; Inflorescence, panicle or thryse, not coiled; Calyx, 4 mm., lobes #5, 3.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, Flowers, actinomorphic; Corolla, tube 3 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, spreading, tip round, purple; Stamens, #5, alternate, exserted 5 mm.; Ovary, superior, 1.8 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, hairy distally; Styles, #1, 8.5 mm., forked, hairy proximally; Stigma, thread-like; Seed, unknown.

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Phacelia sp.

Phacelia in my garden.

Photograph taken March 24, 2001.

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Phacelia tanacetifolia

Coll. No. 75, Phacelia tanacetifolia

Scanned 18 January 2013.

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Phacelia vallis-mortae

Coll. No. 615, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 3 Oct 2011. The oldest flower has been dissected and the ovary removed.

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Coll. No. 615, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 3 Oct 2011.

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Coll. No. 615, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 3 Oct 2011. At left a straight sepal, the two seeds in center, and the ovary at right.

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Leaf of Coll. No. 1586, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 18 November 2017.

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Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1586, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 18 November 2017.

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Coll. No. 355, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Scanned 10 Sep 2013.

Coll. No. 355, 20 April 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 25 cm., tap-rooted; Stem strongly erect, 0-branched, glandular above middle; Leaves, alternate, petiole 7 mm., blade 22 mm., all deeply lobed to mid-rib, appearing compound, leaflets toothed, except distally; Pedicels in fruit 0.5 mm., stout (not thread-like); Calyx, 5 sepals, 5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, > fruit, elliptic (maybe) or oblanceolate; Corolla blue, deciduous; Style, 7 mm., divided 4.5 mm., exserted; Fruit, 3 mm., ovoid; Ovules, 1 per chamber, 4 per fruit, Seed, 2.5 mm., ovoid, pitted on both sides, ±ridged on adaxial side, but not grooved.

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Pholistoma membranaceum

Inflorescence of Coll. No. 1587, Pholistoma membranaceum

Scanned 19 November 2017.

Coll. No. 1587, 18 April 2017, characters observed: Annual, to 40 cm., sparsely prickly throughout; Stem, weak, tangled (reminiscent of a Galium); Leaf, alternate, petiole winged, 30 mm. × 30 mm. wide, tip rounded, most with 2 pinnate lobes ±= tip, some with 2nd pair of pinnate lobes; Inflorescence, open cyme; Calyx, lobes, #5, 1.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide; Corolla, petals #5, united at base 1.5 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm., white; Stamens, #5; Style, #1, 2-lobed distally; Fruit, 3 mm. × 3 mm. wide, sparsely prickly.

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Plagiobothrys arizonicus

Coll. No. 277, Plagiobothrys arizonicus

Photographed 7 March 2015.

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Plagiobothrys kingii harknessii

Coll No. 611, Plagiobothrys kingii var. harknessii

Scanned 4 Oct 2011. Scale in centimeters.

Coll. No. 611, 22 Jun 2010, characters observed while keying: Annual, cotyledons persistent, to 7 cm., tap-rooted, branched at base; Stems, ±equally tall; Leaves, basal rosette 0, cauline alternate; Corolla, white, limb 5 mm., appendages yellow, prominent; Nutlets, #4, light tan, ovoid, 2.6 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, adaxially keeled above scar, scar, lateral, sessile, raised, flat without thick rim, margin prickles 0, cross-ribs irregular.

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Plagiobothrys scouleri

Coll. No. 1689.2, Plagiobothrys scouleri

Scanned 28 June 2017.

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Plagiobothrys scouleri hispidulus

Coll. No. 1452, Plagiobothrys scouleri var. hispidulus

Scanned 17 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1452, 22 June 2016, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm., ±appressed hairy throughout; Stem, decumbent to ascending, not winged; Leaves, basal, unknown, cauline, alternate, 35 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, linear; Calyx, lobes #4, in fruit, 3 mm.; Corolla, very small, white; Style, 0.4 mm., entire; Nutlets, #4, 1.8 mm., attachment baso-lateral, tuberculed abaxially (not hooked or barbed). Treated as ssp. penicillata in Weber&Wittmann (2012), at rank of species in California (Baldwin, et al., 2012).

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Tiquilia canescens

Collection No. 450, Tiquilia canescens var. canescens, woody crinklemat, Mesquite Mountains.

Photograph taken 20 April 2005

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Collection No. 450, Tiquilia canescens var. canescens, woody crinklemat, Mesquite Mountains.

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Collection No. 450, Tiquilia canescens var. canescens, woody crinklemat, Mesquite Mountains.

Photograph taken 20 April 2005

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Tiquilia nuttallii

Collection #573, Tiquilia nuttallii

Scanned May 6, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Upper and lower views of same rosette. Note color of corolla, which I would describe as lavender, whereas the species is usually described as "pink to white."

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Collection #573, Tiquilia nuttallii

Scanned May 6, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

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Coll. No. 726, Tiquilia nuttallii

Scanned 24 Oct 2011.

There is a seed partially exiting the ovary at upper right.

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Coll. No. 726, Tiquilia nuttallii

Scanned 24 Oct 2011.

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