Synthyris canbyi

Pennell

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 93. 1933.

Common names: Canby’s kittentail
Endemic
Synonyms: Veronica canbyi (Pennell) M. M. Martínez Ort. & Albach
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 299. Mentioned on page 297, 298.

Leaves persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade ovate or cordate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate to lobate, margins ± incised-crenate or laciniate to ± pinnatifid, sometimes ± palmately lobed, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely hairy; basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral-veins 2–4 on each side of midvein. Racemes erect, to 16 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 2+, ovate-spatulate, sometimes 1+ cm; flowers 10–50, loosely aggregated. Sepals 4. Petals (3 or) 4 (or 5), apex entire or erose; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. Stamens epipetalous. Ovaries glabrous or sparsely hairy at apex; ovules 10–16. Capsules glabrous or sparsely hairy.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Alpine ridges, scree slopes.
Elevation: 2100–3200 m.

Discussion

Synthyris canbyi is known from the Mission, Rattlesnake, and Swan mountain ranges of northwest Montana. Flowering in S. canbyi begins at the margins of melting snow banks. Specimens from the southern end of the Mission Range appear intermediate between S. canbyi and S. dissecta.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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erose +  and entire +
Larry D. Hufford +
Pennell +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
cordate;lobate +
cordate;ovate +
not leathery +
ovate-spatulate +
campanulate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Canby’s kittentail +
campanulate +
boat-shaped +
drupe-like +
2100–3200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
10 +  and 50 +
Alpine ridges, scree slopes. +
persistent +
new +  and withering +
4 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
ovate;lanceolate +
lobed +, less incised-crenate or laciniate +  and more or less pinnatifid +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
hairy +  and glabrous +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
Flowering Jun–Jul +  and fruiting Jun–Aug. +
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minute +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid cylindric globular oblong conic disciform patelliform or angled +
adnate +  and free +
epipetalous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
horizontal;erect +
Veronica canbyi +
Synthyris canbyi +
Synthyris +
species +
compound +  and simple +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
conspicuous +