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Tolmie's Owl's-clover - Orthocarpus tolmiei

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Status Under Review
Native Species

Global Rank: G4
State Rank: SNR

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General Description
Stems erect, usually simple,10–30 cm. Herbage glandular-puberulent. Leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, entire, 2–4 cm long. Inflorescence bracts light green, lanceolate with a pair of linear lobes, glandular. Flowers: calyx 5–8 mm long, lobes 2–4 mm long, those adjacent to the galea longer; corolla 10–15 mm long, yellow, galea 3–5 mm long, upper lip hooked and projecting beyond the lower lip. Capsule 3–5 mm long (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
ID, MT, UT and WY. Known from Gallatin County (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1

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Habitat

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus appositus, Bombus bifarius, Bombus centralis, and Bombus occidentalis (Thorp et al. 1983, Wilson et al. 2010, Williams et al. 2014).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Thorp, R.W., D.S. Horning, and L.L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble bees and cuckoo bumble bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23:1-79.
    • Williams, P., R. Thorp, L. Richardson, and S. Colla. 2014. Bumble Bees of North America. Princeton, NJ. Princeton University Press.
    • Wilson, J.S., L.E. Wilson, L.D. Loftis, and T. Griswold. 2010. The montane bee fauna of north central Washington, USA, with floral associations. Western North American Naturalist 70(2): 198-207.
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Tolmie's Owl's-clover — Orthocarpus tolmiei.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from