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|accepted_name=Synthyris oblongifolia
|accepted_authority=(Pennell) L. Hufford & M. McMahon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Bot.
|place=29: 735. 2004
|year=2004
}}
|common_names=Eggleaf kittentail or coraldrops
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Besseya oblongifolia
|authority=Pennell
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|publication_place=85: 101. 1933
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veronica oblongifolia
|authority=(Pennell) M. M. Martínez Ort. & Albach
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Synthyris;Synthyris oblongifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Synthyris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Synthyris oblongifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 297
|treatment_page=page 301
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>strictly annual, disintegrating in 1st year; blade narrowly ovate to ovate or oblong-ovate, 25+ mm wide, slightly leathery, base obtuse, truncate, rounded, or cordate, margins crenate, teeth apices acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy; basal veins extending through proximal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 5–12 on each side of midvein. <b>Racemes</b> erect, to 30 cm in fruit; sterile bracts 11–20, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm; flowers 100+, densely aggregated (separating in fruit). <b>Sepals</b> 3(or 4). <b>Petals</b> 3 (abaxial petals sometimes with numerous subsidiary lobes), apex entire or erose; corolla pink, bilabiate, tubular to ellipsoid, 2–3 mm longer than calyx, glabrous, lateral and abaxial petals of abaxial lip connate 1/2+ their lengths, abaxial and adaxial lips sometimes basally adnate slightly to stamen filaments, tube absent. <b>Stamens</b> inserted on receptacle. <b>Ovaries</b> puberulent to villous at apex; ovules 17–40. <b>Capsules</b> densely hairy.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Sep; fruiting Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Alpine and subalpine meadows.
|elevation=2900–3700 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.
|discussion=<p><i>Synthyris oblongifolia</i> is endemic to the Sierra Blanca Range in Lincoln and Otero counties.</p>
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name=Synthyris oblongifolia
|authority=(Pennell) L. Hufford & M. McMahon
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Veronica oblongifolia
|basionyms=Besseya oblongifolia
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Sep; fruiting Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Alpine and subalpine meadows.
|elevation=2900–3700 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Bot.
|publication year=2004
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Synthyris
|species=Synthyris oblongifolia
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