Langloisia

Langloisia setosissima, the bristly langloisia, bristly-calico, Great Basin langloisia or lilac sunbonnets, is a flowering plant, the sole species in the genus Langloisia in the family Polemoniaceae. It is native to the western United States and north western Mexico,[1] where it is found in desert washes and on rocky slopes and plains from eastern Oregon and Idaho, south via Nevada and Utah to eastern California and Arizona.

Langloisia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Langloisia
Greene
Species:
L. setosissima
Binomial name
Langloisia setosissima
Synonyms

Gilia setosissima (Torr.) A.Gray
Navarretia setosissima Torr.

The genus name of Langloisia is in honour of Auguste Berthélemy Langlois (1832–1900), who was a French-born American clergyman and botanist.[2]

It is an annual plant, growing to 4–20 cm tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, linear, 2–3 cm long, densely bristly and with a toothed margin. The flowers are white to light blue or pale purple in color, 1.5–2 cm diameter, with a deeply five-lobed corolla.

There are two subspecies:

  • Langloisia setosissima subsp. setosissima. Flowers with a uniformly colored corolla, possibly showing faint patterns of dots and stripes.
  • Langloisia setosissima subsp. punctata (syn. Langloisia lanata, Langloisia punctata). Flowers with a corolla spotted with darker purple and yellow.

The genus Loeseliastrum was previously included in Langloisia, formed from two former Langloisia species:[1][3]

  • Loeseliastrum matthewsii, formerly Langloisia matthewsii
  • Loeseliastrum schottii, formerly Langloisia schottii


References
  1. "Langloisia Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. Steven Timbrook (July 1986). "Segretation of LOESELIASTRUM from LANGLOISIA (Polemoniacae)". Madroño. California Botanical Society. 33 (3): 157–174.
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