Synthyris lanuginosa

(Piper) Pennell & J. W. Thompson

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 93. 1933.

Common names: Olympic cut-leaf or woolly kittentail
Endemic
Basionym: Synthyris pinnatifida subsp. lanuginosa Piper Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 504. 1906
Synonyms: S. pinnatifida var. lanuginosa (Piper) Cronquist Veronica dissecta subsp. lanuginosa (Piper) M. M. Martínez Ort. & Albach
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 300. Mentioned on page 297, 298.

Leaves persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade oblong-ovate to ovate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base lobate, margins pinnately lobed or 2-pinnatifid or 3-pinnatifid, teeth apices obtuse, surfaces canescent; basal veins extending through proximal 1/2 of blade, lateral-veins 2–4 on each side of midvein. Racemes erect, to 15 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 3+, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm; flowers 10–30, loosely aggregated. Sepals 4. Petals (3 or) 4 (or 5), apex entire or erose, adaxials not flat; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. Stamens epipetalous. Ovaries: ovules 10–16. Capsules hairy. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug; fruiting Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Alpine fellfields, talus slopes.
Elevation: 1600–2200 m.

Distribution

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Wash.

Discussion

Synthyris lanuginosa is restricted to the Olympic Mountains of northwestern Washington.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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erose +  and entire +
Larry D. Hufford +
- Piper Pennell & J. W. Thompson +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Synthyris pinnatifida subsp. lanuginosa +
oblong-ovate;ovate +
not leathery +
ovate-spatulate +
largest +
campanulate +
Olympic cut-leaf or woolly kittentail +
campanulate +
boat-shaped +
drupe-like +
1600–2200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
10 +  and 30 +
Alpine fellfields, talus slopes. +
persistent +
new +  and withering +
4 - ? +  and 3 - ? +
ovate;lanceolate +
3-pinnatifid +, 2-pinnatifid +  and lobed +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
Flowering May–Aug +  and fruiting Jun–Sep. +
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia +
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ovoid +  and ellipsoid cylindric globular oblong conic disciform patelliform or angled +
adnate +  and free +
epipetalous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
horizontal;erect +
S. pinnatifida var. lanuginosa +  and Veronica dissecta subsp. lanuginosa +
Synthyris lanuginosa +
Synthyris +
species +
compound +  and simple +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
conspicuous +