Microgilia minutiflora (Benth.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson
small-flowered ipomopsis
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
small-flowered ipomopsis
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, nearly hairless to fine glandular-hairy, with numerous, ascending, simple branches, 10-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
All along the stem, alternate, reduced upwards, some lower leaves 3-cleft into narrow segments, the other leaves entire, linear, 2-4 cm long, 1 mm wide.
Flowers:
Inflorescence an open, leafy, terminal, panicle-like cluster of several stalked flowers; corollas white to pale-blue, 4-7 mm long, the tube twice as long as the 5 blunt to sharp-pointed lobes; calyces 2.5-4 mm long, the 5 lobes minutely spine-tipped.
Fruits:
Capsules, 3-chambered, 3-4 mm long; seeds 1 per chamber, 2.5-3.5 mm long, dark, becoming sticky when moistened.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Microgilia minutiflora
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
382 | 382 | 382 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
65 | 65 | 65 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
196 | 196 | 196 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry, open, often sandy sites in the steppe and montane zones; rare in SC BC; S to N ID and N OR.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Ipomopsis minutiflora (Benth.) V.E. Grant