Yellow-seed false-pimpernel

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Yellow-seed false-pimpernel

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel leaves

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel leaves

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel flower

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel

Yellow-seed false-pimpernel

Morphology

Stem

Much-branched, glabrous.

Leaves

Cauline, opposite, simple; stipules absent; petiole absent; blade spatulate, obovate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, ovate, or elliptic, .2 to 1.4 inch long, .08 to .7 inch wide, tip rounded to acute, margins entire or toothed above.

Inflorescence

Racemes, terminal, flowers appearing axillary.

Flower

Pedicels thread-like, spreading, to 1.2 inch. Flowers: calyx 1/12 to 1/4 inch, sepals 5, fused basally; corolla white, lavender, or light purple, 1/8 to 2/5 inch, 2-lipped, lower lip deflexed, 3-lobed, upper lip erect, shallowly 2-lobed; stamens 2, included; staminodes 2; style 1; stigma 2-lobed.

Fruit

Capsules tan, ellipsoid, .05 to .28 inch long; seeds pale yellow, angled or ribbed, tiny.

Ecology

Habitat

Moist soil or mud, shores of ponds, streams, rivers, and wet fields

Distribution

East 1/2 of Kansas

Additional Notes

Synonyms

Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.