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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Mertensia franciscana, M. macdougalli, Myosotis scorpioides,
General Desc:
Stems light green or reddish in color, not very rigid, when in full bloom flowers tend to hang down; producing elongated clusters of hanging, tubular flowers, white or pale pink at base, blue at tips (pink or purple when in bud). Known only from Arizona.
Identification notes: Plants lacking hairs; leaf blades to 2-3/4 inches long, alternate, stalked on lower stems, not stalked upper stems; sepals separate to nearly their base; flowers primarily blue, often paired, petals fused except for small lobes at their tips.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Pine forests, woodlands, canyon sides.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 6000 - 9000 feet
Color:
Blue, white, pale pink, purple
Shape:
Bell-shaped in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Jun
Description:
Numerous flowers in clusters; sepals 5-lobed, divided nearly to base; petals narrow, smooth, rounded at tips; united into a tube 2x length of sepals; ovary 4-lobed, separating into 4 nutlets; long white stamen projects beyond petal tips.
Leaf Color:
Light grayish-green, reddish
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems light green or reddish, not rigid; leaves basal, alternate on stems, hairless, ovate (round at base, pointed at tip), 3/4 to 2-3/4 inches long, 1 inch wide, margins smooth; basal and lower blades short-stalked, upper leaves stalkless.
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: 4 nutlets with a distinct, reflexed margin (bent sharply backwards).
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