Boraginaceae
The Borage Family
Amsinckia |
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Amsinckia intermedia, growing just East of Sheep Bridge, Verde River, Arizona, 2,400 Feet, March 15, 2006. |
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| Cryptantha | minima Little Cryptantha
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| Little Cryptantha, Cryptantha minima, growing on sandy roadside northof Wray, Colorado, and also near Bonnie Lake, northeast Colorado, at altitudes of 3,500 and 3,800 feet, respectively. Seed photo above at 40X. Plant height is 12.5 cm, leaves basal and stem, stem leaves alternate, length 15 mm, width 3.5 mm, inflorescence scorpoid cyme with about 20 flowers, flower width 1.8 mm, lengt 4 mm. | |||||
| Eritrichium | nanum Alpine Forget Me Not
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| Hackelia | floribunda Stickseed Forget Me Not |
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Stickseed Forget me Not, Hackelia Floribunda, large plant with forget me not flowers, growing at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory,Gothic, Colorado, 9,500 Feet, July 20, 2007. A towering forget me not,tolerant of partial shade and full sun. height 107 cm., Leaves basal plus stem,stem alt, length 98 mm, width 14 mm. Flowers in a one sided raceme, flower width 7 mm, length 2.5 mm, petal 2 mm. Armed seeds are 8 mm. wide. |
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| Heliptropium |
curvcissimum Salt Heliotrope
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| Heliotropium curvcissimum (sun turning), growing on the shoreline of San Luis Lakes at San Luis State Park, Colorado. June 11, 2005. Steady winds and pelicans on the lakes. | |||||
| Lappula | occidentalis |
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Western Stickseed, Lappula occidentalis (bur, western), growing on hillsides near Pawnee Buttes Trailhead, 5,420 Feet, May 21, 2007. Plant is 33 cm tall., leaves basal and stem,stem alternate with a distinct center vein, V shaped, length 38 mm, width 5.5 mm. Flowers are small and white with bluish cast , width 3-4 mm. |
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| Lithospermum | incisum Yellow Gromwell |
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| Mertensia | lanceolata |
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| Green Bluebells, Mertensia lanceolata, growing in Garden of the Gods, Colorado, 6,500 feet, May 30, 2007. Likes well drained granite soils. Height is 28 cm, leaves stem alternate, lanceolate, length 50 mm, width 9 mm. Inflorescences arise from leaf axils, flower length 12 mm, width 5 mm. Mertensias often bring memories of cool confierous forests, mountain streams and misty waterfalls. This mertensia, in contrast, grows in drier settings with Gambels oak and Narrow Leaf Yucca. | |||||
| Oreocarya | virgata Miners Candle
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| Oreocarya virgata(wand) , Miners Candle, grows along the front range in the Colorado Rockies. The specimens here were growing on open, sunny, decomposed granite flats which deserve the name granite "deserts". | |||||
| plagiobothrys | tenellus Popcorn Flower |
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Slender Popcornflower, Plagiobothrys tenellus,growing on a sandy bench in Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley, 1,520 Feet, March 16, 2007.Not really happy with this identification, its just too tentative.This plant is very small, height 30mm, leaf length 8mm, leaf width about 1mm, flower width 1.5-2 mm. Plagiobothrys is from the Greek plagios ( sideways) and bothros (pit, scar), play-jee-oh-BOTH-rys, and tenellus small, delicate, tender, ten-ELL-us. |
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