Pholistoma auritum

Pholistoma auritum

Taxobox
name = "Pholistoma auritum"



image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
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 southwestern United 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"]


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