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Pholistoma
Sign in to savePholistoma is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae. Species are known generally as fiestaflowers. There are three species, all native to a section of western North America between Oregon and Baja California. They are fleshy annual herbs producing angled bristly or prickly stems with several brittle branches. The deeply lobed, bristly leaves are borne on winged petioles that clasp the stem at their bases. The plants bear rotate flowers in shades of blue, purple, or white depending on species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyHydrophyllaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 76
- With media
- 63
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Collections
- NCSC, NY, IND, USFS, GH, NHI
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Image
- Pholistoma auritum.jpg
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Pholistoma is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae. Species are known generally as fiestaflowers. There are three species, all native to a section of western North America between Oregon and Baja California. They are fleshy annual herbs producing angled bristly or prickly stems with several brittle branches. The deeply lobed, bristly leaves are borne on winged petioles that clasp the stem at their bases. The plants bear rotate flowers in shades of blue, purple, or white depending on species.
==Species== , three species were accepted: Pholistoma auritum - blue fiestaflower Pholistoma membranaceum - white fiestaflower Pholistoma racemosum - racemose fiestaflower
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pholistoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.