Family ³

Plantaginaceae

Description ⁴

Shrub that grows one half to two and a half meters tall, with spreading branches. The oppositely-arranged leaves are up to 2 centimeters long and are lance-shaped or narrow ovals. They are drought deciduous. The plant produces branchlike inflorescences which bear hairy, glandular yellow flowers. The flowers are about 2 centimeters wide, with three lower lobes which lie flat or curve down and two upper lobes which join to form a curved lip.

Community ³

Chaparral, Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Flowering ³

Apr-May

Location in Garden ³

B

Associated Species ³

• Common Buckeye Junonia coenia (host) ASB
  hummingbirds
  
  many beneficial insects

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Joe Decruyenaere, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/38213125@N00/4522133396
2. (c) gillian360, all rights reserved, uploaded by gillian360
3. (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keckiella_antirrhinoides

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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