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Synthyris schizantha

Synthyris canbyi
Synthyris schizantha

fringe kitten-tails, fringe kittentail, fringe-petal kitten's-tail, fringepetal kittentails

Canby's kittentail, mission mountain kittentails
Leaves

persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand;

blade ovate to reniform or orbiculate, 25+ mm wide, chartaceous, base cordate to lobate, margins incised-crenate, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces ± hairy;

basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein.

persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand;

blade ovate or cordate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate to lobate, margins ± incised-crenate or laciniate to ± pinnatifid, sometimes ± palmately lobed, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely hairy;

basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein.
Racemes

erect, to 35 cm in fruit;

sterile bracts 2, fan-shaped, largest 2+ cm;

flowers 15–80, loosely aggregated.

erect, to 16 cm in fruit;

sterile bracts 2+, ovate-spatulate, sometimes 1+ cm;

flowers 10–50, loosely aggregated.
Stamens

epipetalous.

epipetalous.
Ovaries

ovules 2–7.

glabrous or sparsely hairy at apex;

ovules 10–16.
Capsules

glabrous or sparsely hairy along margins.

glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Sepals

4.

4.
Petals

(3 or)4(or 5), apex laciniate;

corolla blue to lavender with veins deeper colored (except tube yellowish white), ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous.

(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose;

corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous.

Synthyris schizantha

Synthyris canbyi
Phenology Flowering May–Jun; fruiting May–Aug. Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist slopes, forest edges. Alpine ridges, scree slopes.
Elevation 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) 2100–3200 m. (6900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
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from FNA
MT
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Discussion

Synthyris schizantha is known from the southern Olympic Mountains in Grays Harbor County and the Cascade Mountains in Lewis County, Washington, and in the vicinity of Saddle Mountain in Clatsop County, Oregon.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Synthyris canbyi is known from the Mission, Rattlesnake, and Swan mountain ranges of northwest Montana. Flowering in S. canbyi begins at the margins of melting snow banks. Specimens from the southern end of the Mission Range appear intermediate between S. canbyi and S. dissecta.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 304. FNA vol. 17, p. 299.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Synthyris Plantaginaceae > Synthyris
Sibling taxa
S. alpina, S. borealis, S. bullii, S. canbyi, S. cordata, S. dissecta, S. laciniata, S. lanuginosa, S. missurica, S. oblongifolia, S. pinnatifida, S. plantaginea, S. platycarpa, S. ranunculina, S. reniformis, S. ritteriana, S. rubra, S. wyomingensis
S. alpina, S. borealis, S. bullii, S. cordata, S. dissecta, S. laciniata, S. lanuginosa, S. missurica, S. oblongifolia, S. pinnatifida, S. plantaginea, S. platycarpa, S. ranunculina, S. reniformis, S. ritteriana, S. rubra, S. schizantha, S. wyomingensis
Synonyms Veronica schizantha Veronica canbyi
Name authority Piper: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 223. (1902) Pennell: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 93. (1933)
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