It is a multicolor onosma , or Onosma multifaceted ( Latin: Onosma polychróma ) - a species of flowering plants of the genus Onosma of the Buraginaceae family ( Boraginaceae ). Some sources [1] do not distinguish this species.
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Onosma polychroma Klokov |
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Botanical description
Vegetative organs
Biennial herb . Usually there are several stems (up to 6), height from 20 to 60 cm, branching to the middle, densely covered with thin bristles and short greyish-brownish hairs with a dirty purple tinge. Usually this pubescence is whitish in the lower part of the stems, and yellowish or reddish in the upper part. The leaves are 1-1.5 cm long and 2-12 mm wide, lower oblong-spatulate, with short and blunt ends, with a winged petiole. Upper leaves are oblong-lanceolate, with sessile base forming the vagina .
Generatives
Inflorescences - small curls , thick, with fruits - elongated and straightened. Sepals linear-lanceolate, free, 7–11 mm long, after ottsvetaniya extended to 16 mm. The corolla is 12–13 mm long, tubular, with short triangular bent teeth, first of a pale-yellow color, then acquire a pinkish or reddish color, which is finally replaced by a dark blue one. Anthers almost not protruding, grow together only at the bases, about 5 mm long, with narrow apical appendages.
Spread
The steppe part of the European part of Russia , the adjacent areas of Western Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan , is occasionally found in the steppes of the Voronezh region .
Economic value and application
Used as a garden ornamental plant.
Notes
- ↑ Onosma multicolor (English) : information about the name of a taxon on The Plant List website (version 1.1, 2013) . (Verified November 1, 2012)
Links
- Onosma in the Encyclopedia of Ornamental Garden Plants (Verified November 2, 2012)