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White Plectritis - Plectritis macrocera
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S3S4
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General Description
Annual herbs to 60 cm tall, often glandular-hairy above. Leaves short-petiolate becoming sessile above; leaf blades 1-6 cm long, 4-25(-40) mm wide, obovate to oblong or linear. Flowers in capitate or interrupted spicate clusters. Calyx obsolete; corolla bilabiate, 2-5 mm long, 5-lobed, funnelform, spurred at base; stamens 3; stigma usually bilobed. Achene 2-3 mm long, yellowish with broad wings, glabrous or puberulent (adapted from: Welsh et al. 1993, A Utah Flora, 2nd ed.).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
BC to MT south to CA, NV and UT (Kartesz in prep. 2012).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 14
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Recency
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Habitat
Sagebrush to coniferous communities.
References
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Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.- Quire, R.L. 2013. The sagebrush steppe of Montana and southeastern Idaho shows evidence of high native plant diversity, stability, and resistance to the detrimental effects of nonnative plant species. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 124 p.
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