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Blooms: May - August
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
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Distribution: Chiefly east of the Cascades, British Columbia to California, east to Ontario and New Mexico
Habitat: Dry to somewhat moist, open or lightly shaded areas in the lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains
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Species Description:
General: Finely puberulent annual, the usually simple, unbranched stem 1-6 dm. tall, becoming glandular above.
Leaves: Leaves numerous, alternate, sessile, entire, linear or lanceolate, 1-7 cm. long and 1-13 mm. wide.
Flowers: Flowers in dense, sessile, leafy-bracteate, terminal clusters on the main stem and branches; calyx 5-lobed, the tube of uniform papery texture, the lobes triangular, herbaceous, 1.5-3 mm. long; corolla pink, or occasionally bluish to white, the slender tube 8-15 mm. long with 5 short lobes; stamens 5, the filaments short, unequally inserted; style 3-parted; ovary superior.
Fruit: Capsule with 3, 1-seeded carpels.
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Full Name with Authors:
Collomia linearis Nutt.
Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Collomia linearis |
Additional Resources:
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Collomia linearis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Collomia linearis treatment.
Oregon Flora Project Atlas: Collomia linearis atlas page.
E-Flora BC: Collomia linearis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Collomia linearis images.
USDA Plants Database: Collomia linearis. |
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