VENUS' LOOKING GLASS
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Triodanis perfoliata (L. ) Nieuw.
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| Riley County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-40 inches (typically 6-20 inches) |
| Family: Campanulaceae - Bellflower family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July |
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| Also Called: | | Clasping venus' looking-glass. | | Stems: | | Erect, slender, mostly 5-angled, simple or branched from bases, densely leafy, somewhat hairy. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, clasping, heart-shaped to broadly ovate, 1/4 to 1 inch long, 1/3 to 1 inch wide, glabrous above, rough-hairy below; margins round toothed or pointed toothed; tips broadly pointed to rounded. | | Inflorescences: | | 1-3 flowers sessile in leaf axil; bracts heart-shaped to broadly ovate. | | Flowers: | | Calyx lobes narrowly triangular; flowers of 2 forms; upper flowers open at pollination, circular in outline, 1/2 to 1 inch wide; corollas purple to blue, sometimes with white streaks; petals 5, united at bases; lower flowers small, closed, self-pollinating; corollas purple to blue. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, egg-shaped, 1/4 inch long; seeds numerous, brown. | | Habitat: | | Dry sandy or gravelly prairies, pastures, waste ground, and occasionally woodlands. | | Distribution: | | Throughout except extreme west of Kansas. | | | | Related to Slender or slimpod Venus' looking-glass |
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| Venus' looking glass |  | | 96 KB | | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
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| | Venus' looking glass flowers |  | | 48 KB | | Wildcat Glades, Newton County, Missouri |
| | Venus' looking glass leaves |  | | 60 KB | | Wildcat Glades, Newton County, Missouri |
| | Venus' looking glass |  | | 83 KB | | Wildcat Glades, Newton County, Missouri |
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