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Amsonia tharpii (feltleaf bluestar)

Wikipedia Abstract

Amsonia tharpii is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common names Tharp's bluestar and feltleaf bluestar. It is native to New Mexico and Texas in the United States. This plant is a perennial herb with a woody taproot. It grows up to about 20 centimeters tall. The linear to lance-shaped leaves are each up to 3 centimeters long and are whorled about the stem. The leaves lower on the plant are wider than those near the top. The white, pale blue, or greenish flowers are borne in clusters at the stem tips. They are tubular and about 1.5 centimeters long. The fruit is a two-lobed follicle. The cylindrical seeds are about a centimeter long.
View Wikipedia Record: Amsonia tharpii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Amsonia tharpii

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0