WATER PIMPERNEL
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Samolus ebracteatus Kunth subsp. cuneatus (Small ) R. Knuth
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| Comanche County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: To 24 inches |
| Family: Primulaceae - Primrose Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Limewater brookweed, limerock brookweed. | | Stems: | | Ascending or reclining, solitary or tufted, simple to usually sparingly branched. | | Leaves: | | In basal rosette and mostly opposite on stem, simple, egg-shaped to oblanceolate to broadly spoon-shaped, to 6 inches long, and 2.4 inches wide, mostly waxy; margins entire; tips truncate or with sharp, short, abrupt point. | | Inflorescences: | | Raceme, .5 to 1.2 inches long, glandular hairy, terminal; stalk straight, stout, longer than stem, | | Flowers: | | Stalk slender, wiry, spreading or ascending, .4 to 1.2 inches long; calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed; lobes triangular to oblong-ovate, glandular at base, often purplish, tips pointed; corolla 1/6 to 1/4 inch wide, white; lobes 5, egg-shaped, overlapping, shorter than bell-shaped tube, tips truncate or flat, toothed; stamens 5, not projecting beyond corolla. | | Fruits: | | Capsule, spherical, 1/6 inch in diameter; seeds numerous, tiny. | | Habitat: | | Along streams and rivers, marshes, seepage areas, wet limestone; moist soils. | | Distribution: | | South 1/5 of Kansas. |
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| Water pimpernel corollas and calyces |  | | 46 KB | | Comanche County, Kansas |
| | Water pimpernel inflorescence |  | | 67 KB | | Comanche County, Kansas |
| | Water pimpernel leaves |  | | 161 KB | | Comanche County, Kansas |
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