General:
Biennial or short-lived perennial herb from a taproot, usually dying after flowering once, reportedly skunky-smelling; stems 1 to several, erect, stalked-glandular upwards or glands replaced by long, spreading, crinkly, white hairs, 20-100 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basil leaves in a rosette, 3-8 cm long, pinnately cleft into 9 to 11 narrow segments, withering by flowering time; stem leaves well developed, reduced upwards, 5- to 7-pinnately cleft, hairless to minutely hairy.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a loose, elongated, 1-sided terminal, panicle-like cluster of several short-stalked, bracted flowers; corollas bright red to orange, 15-35 mm long, the slender tube often yellow-mottled in the throat, abruptly spreading to 5 pointy-tipped lobes 6-13 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, 3-chambered, 4-8 mm long; seeds 1 to several per chamber, 2.5-4 mm long, becoming sticky when moistened.
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
730 | 335 | 1565 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
36 | 0 | 72 |
Aspect (degrees) |
188 | 10 | 315 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 5 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
67 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(13), IDF(26), MS(1), PP(26) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Gilia aggregata