General:
Perennial herb from a branched stem-base atop a taproot; stems loosely erect to sprawling, clustered, spreading glandular-hairy especially in the inflorescence, sometimes nearly smooth elsewhere, foul-smelling if rubbed, 5-35 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves tufted and well-developed, pinnately compound with 11 to 25 egg-shaped to circular, opposite or offset leaflets, glandular-hairy when young; stem leaves few, reduced.
Flowers:
Inflorescences crowded, terminal head-like clusters of long-stalked flowers; corollas blue, rarely white, with yellow centres, bell-shaped, 7-13 mm long, the 5 rounded lobes equalling to nearly twice as long as the tube; calyces 4-7 mm long, the 5 lobes lance-oblong.
Fruits:
Capsules, 3-chambered.
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1610 | 185 | 2682 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 110 |
Aspect (degrees) |
185 | 0 | 360 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 7 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
745 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(50), BAFA(55), BWBS(33), ESSF(264), ICH(6), IDF(89), IMA(17), MS(86), PP(2), SBPS(51), SBS(46), SWB(23) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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