SPIKE IPOMOPSIS
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Ipomopsis spicata (Nutt. ) V. E. Grant subsp. spicata
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| [=Gilia spicata Nutt.] |
| Scott County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 2-14 inches |
| Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July |
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| Stems: | | Stems erect, simple or branched above. Plants cobweb-pubescent to tomentose. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, 4 to 16+ inches, margins entire or unequally pinnately 3-5-lobed, lobes linear. | | Inflorescences: | | Compact spike-like thyrses | | Flowers: | | Pedicels short; calyx ovoid, lobes 5, 1/25 to 1/12 inch, pubescent; corolla white, salverform, 5-lobed; tube 1/5 to 2/5 inch, lobes narrowly lanceolate, 1/12 to 1/5 inch; stamens 5, fused unequally in upper part of corolla tube; style 1; stigmas 3. | | Fruits: | | Capsules ellipsoid, 1/8 to 1/5 inch; seeds lens-shaped to boat-shaped, ca. 1/10 inch. | | Habitat: | | Sandy to gravelly shortgrass prairies | | Distribution: | | West 1/5 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native |
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