Trigonotis rockii I.M.Johnst.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Trigonotis

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, densely cespitose. Stems erect, base frequently ascending, 7-15 cm tall, sparsely strigose. Petiole of basal leaves 1-3 cm; leaf blade green, elliptic to ovate, ca. 2.5 × 1 cm, sparsely strigose, base rounded, apex obtuse, mucronate; stem leaves smaller, short petiolate to subsessile. Inflorescences racemose; bracts basal, leaflike. Pedicel 2-7 mm, usually spreading, strigose. Calyx lobes narrowly oblong to oblanceolate-oblong, ca. 2 mm, densely long strigose, apex obtuse. Corolla light blue-purple; tube ca. 2 mm; throat appendages trapeziform, ca. 0.8 mm, pubescent; limb 7-8 mm wide; lobes rotate spreading, suborbicular. Stamens inserted above middle of corolla tube; anthers elliptic. Style slightly longer than corolla tube. Nutlets subulate, irregularly trigonous-tetrahedral, ca. 2 × 2 mm, glabrous, obscurely tuberculate.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Trigonotis rockii world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:121364-1
WFO ID wfo-0001216188
COL ID 58TJW
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Synonyms

Trigonotis rockii