- Pholistoma auritum
Taxobox
name = "Pholistoma auritum"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Solanales
familia =Hydrophyllaceae
genus = "Pholistoma "
species = "P. auritum"
binomial = "Pholistoma auritum"
binomial_authority = Lindl.The small flowering herb "Pholistoma auritum", which has the common name fiesta flower, is similar in appearance and habitat preference to another familiar plant in the waterleaf family, the baby-blue-eyes ("
Nemophila menziesii "). Fiesta flower is native to the southwesternUnited States where it grows in woodlands and canyons.Fiesta flower is a short green shrub with sparse dandelion-shaped leaves. Its foliage is covered in gripping hairs that help it stick to other plants and rough surfaces to support itself, climb, and hang. It bears delicate white-centered violet flowers that resemble those of baby-blue-eyes. The calyces behind the petals are green with white-toothed red edges.
The purple Arizona fiesta flower, "Pholistoma auritum" var. "arizonicum" is considered a subspecies. The white fiesta flower, "
Pholistoma membranaceum ", is a separate species which looks similar, but bears white flowers instead of purple.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4518,4710,4711 Jepson Manual "Pholistoma auritum"]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
