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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Langloisia setosissima - Great Basin langloisia

Synonyms: Navarretia setosissima, Gilia setosissima
Other Common Names: bristly calico, bristly langloisia, bristly gilia, moth langloisia, lilac sunbonnets
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Polemoniaceae


   
 
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Annual   Similar Species: Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima, L. punctata
General Desc: Low, very branched annual with a red-tinged, woolly-haired stem. Green leaves are linear, hairy, have a spiral pattern with the basal leaves often lacking. Showy, trumpet-shaped white to light purple or light blue flowers are clustered at the plant's top.
Identification notes: Low, rigid, much branched forb; leaves 3 to 5 toothed, 1 bristle per tooth; lower teeth of upper leaves reduced to clusters of 2 to 3 bristles; basal leaves often absent, otherwise leafy throughout; tube formed by sepals splits open at maturity.
Height: 3/4 to 2-3/4 inches


Habitat

Habitat Description: Found in dry, gravelly, sandy locations, desert washes, hillsides, rocky slopes and plains, more common below 3500 feet, can occur up to 5000 feet.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands
Elevation: Below 5000 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: White to light purple or light blue     Shape: Regular in round clusters     Tubular: Y     Flowering Period: Feb - Jun
Description: Flowers grow in head-like clusters at the stem tops slightly above the leaves. Each trumpet-shaped flower has 5 petals below which are leaf-like sepals with stiff sharp hairs (bristles). Petals are often a solid color but can have darker purple markings.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Narrow     Leaf Margin: Toothed     Leaf Attachment: Alternate     Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems     Spines: Y
Leaf Description: Leaves usually grow along the upper stem not at the base. They are densely covered with stiff hairs, grow from 1/2 to 1-1/4 inches long and 1/8 to 1/2 inch wide and have 3 to 5 teeth (or points) at the tips. Each tooth ends in a white, bristly spine.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule is about 1/4 inch long with 5 to 9 seeds in each of its 3 chambers. The outer wall of each chamber or section of the fruit (valve) is flattened. The capsule is oblong to lance-shaped, triangular in a cross-section and splits open when mature.
Seed Notes: Seeds are about 1/16 inch long and angled. When wet, they have a jelly-like consistency.



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