Lomatogonium rotatum var. rotatum

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Herbs 3–25(–45) cm. Stems usually dark purplish to reddish brown; branches, if any, and pedicels moderately ascending. Leaves: basal usually persistent, blades spatulate to elliptic-oblanceolate, 1–2 cm × 2–5 mm, apex obtuse; cauline blades narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 1–3.8 cm × 1.5–6(–10) mm, apex obtuse to acute. Flowers: calyx lobes acute; corollas pale to med­ium violet-blue, rarely whitish.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Wet seaside meadows, occa­sionally around salt springs, consistently near coast in the flora area, estuarine marshes, rock crevices at high-tide mark, moist sand or silt substrate in tidal estuaries.
Elevation: 0–20 m.

Distribution

Greenland, Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Maine, Eurasia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James S. Pringle +
(Linnaeus) Fries +
Swertia rotata +
Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Maine +  and Eurasia. +
0–20 m. +
Wet seaside meadows, occasionally around salt springs, consistently near coast in the flora area, estuarine marshes, rock crevices at high-tide mark, moist sand or silt substrate in tidal estuaries. +
Flowering summer. +
Summa Veg. Scand., +
Illustrated +
Pleurogyne rotata +
Lomatogonium rotatum var. rotatum +
Lomatogonium rotatum +
variety +