Biology:Tiquilia palmeri
Tiquilia palmeri | |
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Apparently Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Tiquilia |
Species: | T. palmeri
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Binomial name | |
Tiquilia palmeri (A.Gray) A.T.Richardson
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Synonyms | |
Coldenia palmeri |
Tiquilia palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Palmer's crinklemat[1] and Palmer's tiquilia.
It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy desert areas.
Description
Tiquilia palmeri is a woody perennial herb producing a white-barked, shaggy-haired stem. The clustered leaves have small, hairy, wrinkled blades rarely more than a centimeter long which are borne on longer petioles.
The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers borne in the leaf axils. Each flower has a bell-shaped purple, lavender, or bluish corolla up to a centimeter long with a short, tubular throat.
This is the main host plant for the rare Coachella Valley grasshopper (Spaniacris deserticola).[2]
References
- ↑ "Tiquilia palmeri". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TIPA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ BLM. Coachella Valley Grasshopper. Species Accounts: Coachella Valley Desert Conservation Area Plan. Page E-11.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7809061 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiquilia palmeri.
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