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Erythranthe Gemmipara
''Erythranthe gemmipara'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae, known by the common name Rocky Mountain monkeyflower. It is endemic to Colorado in the United States, where there are eight known occurrences.''Mimulus gemmiparus''. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 11-04-2011. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus gemmiparus''. This annual herb grows about tall. Some of the leaves have s on their petioles called [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrymaceae
Phrymaceae, also known as the lopseed family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). "Phrymaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. At: Botanical Databases At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see ''External links'' below) It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, but is concentrated in two centers of diversity, one in Australia, the other in western North America. Members of this family occur in diverse habitats, including deserts, river banks and mountains. Phrymaceae is a family of mostly herbs and a few subshrubs, bearing tubular, bilaterally symmetric flowers. They can be annuals or perennials. Some of the Australian genera are aquatic or semiaquatic. One of these, ''Glossostigma'', is among the smallest of flowering plants, larger than the aquatic ''Lemna'' but similar in size to the terrestrial ''Lepuropetalon''. The smallest members of Phrymaceae are only a few centimeters long, while the largest are woody sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamesia Americana
''Jamesia americana'', also called cliffbush, waxflower or five petal cliffbush, is a species of flowering plant in the Hydrangeaceae. Description ''Jamesia americana'' is a perennial shrub distributed throughout the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. It is distinguished from the similar '' Jamesia tetrapetala'' in that ''J. americana'' has many flower heads with five petals. Systematics There are several varieties Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ... of ''Jamesia americana''. These include: *''Jamesia americana'' var. ''americana'' *''Jamesia americana'' var. ''macrocalyx'' *''Jamesia americana'' var. ''rosea'' *''Jamesia americana'' var. ''zionis'' References Hydrangeaceae {{Cornales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Chamissoi
''Montia chamissoi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names of water minerslettuce, water montia, Indian lettuce, and toad lily. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to the southwestern and central United States and also in British Columbia. It grows in moist to wet soils in a variety of habitat types, such as meadows, wetlands, plains, and montanes (Kershaw et al., 1998). It is sometimes aquatic, anchoring in mud and floating in water. Description ''Montia chamissoi'' is a small perennial herb growing from a pinkish rhizome and spreading through stolons. The fleshy stems are erect, creeping, tangled in mats, or floating, growing from five to twenty centimeters long. The oblong or widely lance-shaped succulent, pale green, leaves are oppositely arranged and measure anywhere from two to five centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a raceme of two or more flowers with two sepal A sepal () is a part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelanchier Utahensis
''Amelanchier utahensis'', the Utah serviceberry, is a shrub or small tree native to western North America. This serviceberry grows in varied habitats, from scrubby open slopes to woodlands and forests. Description ''Amelanchier utahensis'' is a spreading plant, reaching a maximum of in height. It is deciduous, bearing rounded or spade-shaped often toothed green leaves and losing them at the end of the season. In April and May the shrub blooms in short inflorescences of white flowers, each with five widely spaced narrow petals. The fruits are pomes. The Utah serviceberry is browsed by desert bighorns, elk, and mule deer, as well as many birds and domesticated livestock. Range For the Utah serviceberry, the core mountainous range is delimited by the Colorado–New Mexico–Wyoming Rocky Mountains in the east, the Front ranges of Utah at the west, and the south in central Arizona-western New Mexico by the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains (Arizona) region of east Arizon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brickellia Microphylla
''Brickellia microphylla'', the littleleaf brickellbush, is a flowering plant species in the family Asteraceae native to western North America. Distribution and habitat The plant is widespread across much of the Western United States and Northwestern Mexico. It is found from California and Baja California east to New Mexico and Colorado, and north to Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming. ''Brickellia microphylla'' var. ''scabra'' has a more eastern and southern distribution in the species' range, and grades into ''Brickellia microphylla'' var. ''microphylla'' in southern and central Utah and eastern California. Description ''Brickellia microphylla'' is a shrub in size. It produces many small, pale yellow flower heads pale yellow, often purple-tinged. They are often clumped together at the ends of branches. The bloom period is July to October. Varieties Varieties, which can intergrade, include: * ''Brickellia microphylla'' var. ''microphylla'' — Littleleaf brickellbush, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreochrysum Parryi
''Oreochrysum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ;Species There is only one known species, ''Oreochrysum parryi'', native to western North America (Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places *Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mun ..., New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota). Parry's goldenrod is a common name for this species. References Astereae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora of Northern America {{Astereae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodiola Integrifolia
''Rhodiola integrifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family known by the common names ledge stonecrop, western roseroot, and king's crown. It is native to north-easternmost Russia, including Kamchatka, and western North America, where it grows in mountainous habitat in subalpine and alpine climates, including meadows, cliffs, and talus. It is a perennial herb producing a stout stem from a fleshy, branching caudex, reaching a maximum height near 30 centimeters. The fleshy leaves are alternately arranged on the stem, widely lance-shaped to oval and pointed, flat but upcurved toward the tip, reaching 2.5 centimeters long. They are green when new and age to orange, rose, or red. The inflorescence is a dense cyme of up to 50 flowers with fleshy petals in shades of bright red to deep purple. The fruits are red, rounded ovals with pointed tips. There are several subspecies of this plant, with one, ssp. ''leedyi'', very rare and limited to a few populations in Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erigeron Subtrinervis
''Erigeron subtrinervis'', called the three-nerved daisy, the three-nerve fleabane, or the hairy showy daisy, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows in various mountains of western Canada and the western United States: Rocky Mountains, northern Cascades, Black Hills, etc., from British Columbia and Washington state east to North Dakota and south as far as New Mexico.Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, ''Erigeron subtrinervis'', Three-Nerved Daisy photos, description, distribution map for Oregon, Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Packera Plattensis
'' Packera plattensis'', commonly known as prairie ragwort or prairie groundsel, is a species of the genus '' Packera'' and family Asteraceae. It used to be placed in the genus '' Senecio''. Prairie groundsel is found throughout the tallgrass prairie region. It blooms fairly early for a prairie wildflower: from April to July depending on the climate. It is easily confused with golden ragwort (''Packera aurea ''Packera aurea'' (formerly ''Senecio aureus''), commonly known as golden ragwort or simply ragwort, is a perennial flower in the family Asteraceae. It is also known as golden groundsel, squaw weed, life root, golden ''Senecio'', uncum, uncum ro ...'') which has a hairless stem and heart-shaped basal leaves, and '' Senecio integerrimus'', which has leaves that are mostly entire instead of fern-like, and much larger basal leaves. References External links plattensis Flora of the Great Plains (North America) Flora of the United States Taxa named by Thomas N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemisia Ludoviciana
''Artemisia ludoviciana'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, known by several common names, including silver wormwood, western mugwort, Louisiana wormwood, white sagebrush, lobed cud-weed, and gray sagewort.National Plant Germplasm System−GRIN.gov: ''Artemisia ludoviciana'' Retrieved 26 November 2017. ''Ludoviciana'' is the Latinized version of the word Louisiana. Description ''Artemisia ludoviciana'' is a |
Campanula Rotundifolia
''Campanula rotundifolia'', the harebell, Scottish bluebell, or bluebell of Scotland, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. This herbaceous perennial is found throughout the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. In Scotland, it is often known simply as bluebell. It is the floral emblem of Sweden where it is known as small bluebell. It produces its violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers in late summer and autumn. The Latin specific epithet ''rotundifolia'' means "round leaved". However, not all leaves are round in shape. Middle stem-leaves are linear. Description ''Campanula rotundifolia'' is a slender, prostrate to erect herbaceous perennial, spreading by seed and rhizomes. The basal leaves are long-stalked, rounded to heart-shaped, usually slightly toothed, with prominent hydathodes, and often wither early. Leaves on the flowering stems are long and narrow and the upper ones are unstemmed. The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme, with 1 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salix
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English ''sealh'', related to the Latin word ''salix'', willow). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or creeping shrubs; for example, the dwarf willow (''Salix herbacea'') rarely exceeds in height, though it spreads widely across the ground. Description Willows all have abundant watery bark sap, which is heavily charged with salicylic acid, soft, usually pliant, tough wood, slender branches, and large, fibrous, often stoloniferous roots. The roots are remarkable for their toughness, size, and tenacity to live, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
