Nemophila parviflora Douglas ex Benth.
Small-flowered Nemophila (Skunkweed; smallflower nemophila)
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Small-flowered Nemophila (Skunkweed; smallflower nemophila)
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems prostrate to ascending, widely branching, appressed stiff-hairy, 5-30 cm long/tall.
Leaves:
Stem leaves opposite or a few upper leaves alternate, pinnatifid with 5(7) oblong lobes, the blades 1-3.5 cm long, 0.8-2.5 cm wide, stalked, appressed-hairy on both sides or spreading-hairy below; basal leaves, if present, similar, few.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary, stalked axillary flowers; corollas lavender, bell-shaped, 1-3 mm long, 2-4.5 mm wide; calyces equal or sub-equal to the corollas, 5-lobed, the lobes hairy and fringed, broadly lanceolate; calyx appendages 1 mm long, 1/4-1/2 as long as the calyx lobes, reflexed.
Fruits:
Capsules; seeds 2-4, 2-2.5 mm long, irregularly pitted.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Nemophila parviflora
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) |
95 | 21 | 244 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
30 | 0 | 84 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
125 | 45 | 270 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
A | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
21 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(20), CWH(1) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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