Longspur Seablush
(Valeriana ciliosa ciliosa)
Description
Plectritis ciliosa-is a species of flowering plant in the-honeysuckle family-known by the common name-longspur seablush. It is native to western North America from-Washington-to-Baja California-and-Arizona, where it is a common plant in mountains, valleys, and coastal habitat types. It is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height between 50 and 80 centimeters. The widely spaced, paired and oppositely arranged leaves are oval or somewhat oblong, smooth-edged, and up to 3 centimeters long by 1 wide. The upper ones lack-petioles. The-inflorescence-is a dense headlike cluster of flowers in shades of bright to pale pink with two darker pink dots on the lower lip. Each flower has a long, slender spur extending downward from the front of the corolla.
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