Flora of North America species comparison

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Synthyris schizantha

Synthyris laciniata
Synthyris schizantha

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

cut-leaf kittentail, western 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 ± orbiculate, reniform, or cordate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate or lobate, margins ± laciniate, sometimes palmately lobed or incised-crenate, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy;

basal veins usually 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 20 cm (usually less than 25 cm in fruit);

sterile bracts 3+, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm;

flowers 15–40, loosely aggregated.
Stamens

epipetalous.

epipetalous.
Ovaries

ovules 2–7.

ovules 10–16.
Capsules

glabrous or sparsely hairy along margins.

glabrous.
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 laciniata
Phenology Flowering May–Jun; fruiting May–Aug. Flowering late May–Aug; fruiting Jun–Oct.
Habitat Moist slopes, forest edges. Subalpine meadows, alpine tundra, fellfields.
Elevation 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) 2900–4000 m. (9500–13100 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
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from FNA
UT
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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 laciniata is found only in high mountain areas of central to west-central and southern Utah. Flowering in S. laciniata begins at the margins of melting snow banks.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 304. FNA vol. 17, p. 300.
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. canbyi, S. cordata, S. dissecta, 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 S. pinnatifida var. laciniata, Veronica utahensis
Name authority Piper: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 223. (1902) (A. Gray) Rydberg: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 353. (1900)
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