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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Ipomopsis thurberi, I. multiflora
General Desc:
Shrubby perennials to 30 inches tall, several branches usually radiating from the base, stems leafy, short, soft, straight hairs to woolly.
Identification notes: Short-lived perennial to 30 inches tall; stems leafy; leaves simple or branched near the base, alternate, lower can be opposite; sepals hairy, glandular; flowers blue or purplish, tubular, 1 to 1-1/2 inches; stamens may slightly exceed flower tube.
Height:
Up to 30 inches
Habitat Description: Found on sandy to gravelly soils in openings in coniferous forests, oak woodlands, and on rocky slopes.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4500 - 9000 feet
Color:
Blue or purplish
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Aug - Sep
Description:
Blue or purplish flowers, usually 1-sided near tips of short-stalked, lateral branches; elongated tube, 1/2 to 1 inch long with 5 rounded lobes;Â notched or sharply pointed at tips; sometimes with white or dark purple flecks; stamens erect.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Dissected
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Alternate, lower leaves sometimes opposite; pinnately parted into narrow segments (dissected) with wide separation between leaflets; lower margins deeply dissected, upper smooth or few lobed; smooth to sparsely short, soft hairy or glandular surface.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules with 3 cells and 3 valves (splits into 3 parts), 1/4 inch long.
Seed Notes: Each cell contains 1 to 3 seeds.
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