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Hesperochiron
Sign in to saveHesperochiron is a small genus of plants in the waterleaf family containing two species native to western North America. These are thick-rooted perennial herbs growing in squat patches at ground level and producing bluish-white flowers with yellow throats. They grow in wet areas such as seepy meadows.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyHydrophyllaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 42
- With media
- 39
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Collections
- CAS, IBUNAM, CM, SD, CALVIN, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Hydrophyllaceae
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- Hesperochironcalifornicus.JPG
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Hesperochiron is a small genus of plants in the waterleaf family containing two species native to western North America. These are thick-rooted perennial herbs growing in squat patches at ground level and producing bluish-white flowers with yellow throats. They grow in wet areas such as seepy meadows.
The species are generally similar in appearance, with oblong green leaves up to 7 or 8 centimeters long and 2 to 3 wide, often coated with tiny hairs. Hesperochiron nanus, the California hesperochiron, produces slightly larger flowers than the dwarf hesperochiron, Hesperochiron pumilus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hesperochiron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.