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Allophyllum
Sign in to saveAllophyllum is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family known as false gillyflowers. These are hairy, glandular annuals with tall, thin, branching stems topped with clusters of small tubular flowers in varying shades of purple. Some of the plants are sticky, and all have seeds which become gluey when wet. False gillyflowers are native to western North America, from Washington to Utah and northwestern Mexico.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Allophyllum is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.
It sits within the topics Flora of Northern America, Polemoniaceae and Polemoniaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
purple false gilia
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyPolemoniaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 132
- With media
- 87
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, UCSB, MO, SBBG, FSC, CHSC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Panama, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polemonioideae
- Image
- Allophyllumglutinosum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Allophyllum
- taxon name
- Allophyllum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Allophyllum
- taxon common name
- false gilyflower
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
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Allophyllum is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family known as false gillyflowers. These are hairy, glandular annuals with tall, thin, branching stems topped with clusters of small tubular flowers in varying shades of purple. Some of the plants are sticky, and all have seeds which become gluey when wet. False gillyflowers are native to western North America, from Washington to Utah and northwestern Mexico.
right|thumb|Allophyllum gilioides ==Species== Five species are accepted. Allophyllum divaricatum - purple false gillyflower Allophyllum gilioides - dense false gillyflower Allophyllum glutinosum - sticky false gillyflower Allophyllum integrifolium - white false gillyflower Allophyllum nemophilophyllum
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allophyllum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.