Halenia deflexa (Sm.) Griseb.
Spurred Gentian (American spurred gentian)
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Spurred Gentian (American spurred gentian)
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Halenia deflexa ssp. deflexa
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, solitary, simple or branched above, 10-50 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves several, oblanceolate or spoon-shaped, stalked; stem leaves opposite, lanceolate to egg-shaped, unstalked, 2-5 cm long, lowermost somewhat reduced.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of loose, terminal or axillary clusters of stalked flowers; corollas purplish-green or bronze, tubular, 10 mm long, 4- to 5-lobed, the lobes cleft nearly to the base, each lobe with 1-5 mm slender spurs; calyces 1/2 the length of the corollas, deeply 4-lobed, the lobes lanceolate; stamens 2/3 the length of the corollas; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, oblanceolate; seeds oblong, round in cross-section, wingless, glabrous or granular, light-brown, 1.2-1.4 mm long. vol3_5
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Halenia deflexa
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1139 | 872 | 1325 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
12 | 0 | 32 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
291 | 90 | 292 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 3 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
6 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(1), IDF(3), MS(2) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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