Are the ray flowers deciduous or persistent?
Observation | Ray-flower persistence |
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late deciduous | |
deciduous | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
late deciduous | |
deciduous | |
Photos / SoundsWhatDeltoid Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea)ObserverflammulatedDescriptionAlong the Tire Mountain trail. |
deciduous |
early deciduous | |
persistent | |
late deciduous | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
Photos / SoundsWhatArrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)Observerchris_earleDescriptionBalsamorhiza sagittata in a meadow with abundant Lomatium and Delphinium |
persistent |
persistent | |
Photos / SoundsWhatCarey's Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana)ObservercarexobnuptaDescriptionSmall multiple heads, up to five, long peduncles that stand above the leaves. This and observations https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25604391 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77859543 are of the same structure and features as Gray's designated holotype https://s3.amazonaws.com/huhwebimages/DF1900526149484/type/full/4060.jpg. Of interest is that the Umatilla Depot site is a sandy plain as is the note on the herbarium sheet. Both the Umatilla site and this site are sandy Bretz flood deposit sites. The Umatilla Depot site in fact sits on a extensive sandy plain. This observation site is a steep sandy talus slope derived from varved Bretz sediments. Additionally,
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persistent |
persistent | |
persistent-leathery | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
persistent | |
WhatCarey's Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana)ObservercarexobnuptaDescriptionThe 2019 season dried leaves present. |
persistent |
Definitions
Deciduous: All florets missing from the capitulum with out evidence of sequence.
Early deciduous: Ray-flowers deciduous before or as soon as edge disk-flower wither or undergo abcission.
Late Deciduous: Ray-flowers deciduous before center disk-flower wither or undergo abcission.
Persistent: Ray-flowers persistent after all disk-flower wither or undergo abcission.
Persistent-leathery: Ray-flowers present dried and attached.