Tiquilia 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.
| Tiquilia palmeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Tiquilia |
| Species: | T. palmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiquilia palmeri (A.Gray) A.T.Richardson | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coldenia palmeri | |
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
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tiquilia palmeri". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- BLM. Coachella Valley Grasshopper. Species Accounts: Coachella Valley Desert Conservation Area Plan. Page E-11.