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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Plantaginales
        Family: Plantaginaceae
          Genus: Synthyris
            Species: plantaginea

Arizona Coral-Drops - Synthyris plantaginea

Arizona Coral-Drops

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Scapes solitary, to 40 cm tall, white-hirsute; leaves 5-15 cm long, ovate to oval, crenate or undulate-crenate, pilose to glabrate, basal leaves rounded to cordate at the base; floral bracts white-ciliate; calyx 3-4 mm long, the lobes oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, conspicuously ciliate; corolla white, 4-5 mm long, tube very short; staminal filaments exserted; capsule 4-5 mm long nearly circular, glabrous. Flowering from May to August.

Status

Global Rank: GNR

State Rank: S4

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 2

Number of Observations: 2

Observation date range: 06-23-1968 to 07-11-1995

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)