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Collomia Debilis
''Collomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,''Collomia''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). or trumpet flowers.''Collomia''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kolla'' ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet. There are about 15 species in the genus. Species include: *'' |
Collomia Linearis
''Collomia linearis'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names tiny trumpet and slenderleaf collomia. This tiny wildflower is native to North America where it is fairly widespread across the north and west. It is an annual herb, rarely exceeding in height, with a velvety erect stem bearing long, narrow green leaves. Atop the stem is a cluster of up to 20 white or light pink flowers, each about a centimeter across. Each has five small rounded petals and stamens The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ... tipped with anthers bearing white pollen. References External links * *Jepson Manual Treatment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Macrocalyx
''Collomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,''Collomia''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). or trumpet flowers.''Collomia''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kolla'' ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet. There are about 15 species in the genus. Species include: *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Gutenberg
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Collomia Wilkenii
''Collomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,''Collomia''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). or trumpet flowers.''Collomia''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kolla'' ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet. There are about 15 species in the genus. Species include: *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Tracyi
''Collomia tracyi'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Tracy's collomia. It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in the coniferous forests of the mountain ranges, including the Klamath Mountains. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branched stem no taller than about 8 centimeters. The glandular, hairy leaves are lance-shaped. The inflorescence is composed of two or three flowers emerging from the leaf axils. Each flower is white to lavender and up to 2 centimeters long. This species can be distinguished from the more common and widespread '' Collomia tinctoria'' by the positioning of the stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...s and stigma in the flower. External linksJepson Manual Treatment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Tinctoria
''Collomia tinctoria'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name staining collomia. It is native to the western United States from Washington to Montana to California, where it grows in open, rocky habitat in mountains. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branched stem no taller than about 8 centimeters. The glandular, hairy leaves are lance-shaped. The inflorescence is composed of two or three flowers emerging from the leaf axils. Each flower has pointed sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...s tipped with awns. The flower has a purplish tube and a pinkish corolla. External linksJepson Manual Treatment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Tenella
''Collomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,''Collomia''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). or trumpet flowers.''Collomia''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kolla'' ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet. There are about 15 species in the genus. Species include: *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Renacta
''Collomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,''Collomia''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). or trumpet flowers.''Collomia''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kolla'' ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet. There are about 15 species in the genus. Species include: *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Rawsoniana
''Collomia rawsoniana'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name flaming trumpet. This perennial wildflower is endemic to California, where it is known from only two counties: Mariposa and Madera. It grows in the woodland understory in the Sierra Nevada foothills. This plant produces a thin, erect stem to about half a meter in height with widely spaced, deeply toothed hairy leaves each several centimeters long. Atop the stem is an inflorescence of three to seven showy red-orange flowers. Each flower is up to 4 centimeters long and trumpet-shaped, with a protruding pistil and stamens tipped with anther The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filam ...s covered in blue pollen. The species name commemorates the collector of its type material, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collomia Mazama
''Collomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,''Collomia''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). or trumpet flowers.''Collomia''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kolla'' ("glue"), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet. There are about 15 species in the genus. Species include: *'' |
Collomia Larsenii
''Collomia larsenii'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name talus collomia. It is native to the Olympic Mountains of Washington and the Cascade Range from Washington to northern California, where it grows in high exposed mountainside talus. It is a perennial herb forming a clump in the volcanic rocks. The branching stem is covered in fleshy, glandular, hairy leaves, each divided into many lobes. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... is a cluster of 6 to 9 tubular purple flowers, each with a face up to 1.5 centimeters wide. External linksJepson Manual Treatment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an England, English botany, botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle, North Yorkshire, Settle in the West Riding of Yorkshire and spent some years as an apprentice printer in England. Soon after going to the United States he met professor Benjamin Smith Barton in Philadelphia. Barton encouraged his strong interest in natural history. Early explorations in the United States In 1810 he travelled to the Great Lakes and in 1811 travelled on the Astor Expedition led by William Price Hunt on behalf of John Jacob Astor up the Missouri River. Nuttall was accompanied by the English botanist John Bradbury (naturalist), John Bradbury, who was collecting plants on behalf of Liverpool botanical gardens. Nuttall and Bradbury left the party at the trading post with the Arikara Indians in South Dakota, and continued farther upriver with Rams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
