. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 4. Heliotropium tenellum (Nutt.) Torr. Slender Heliotrope. Fig. 3505. Lithospermum tenellum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 188. 1833-37- H. tenellum Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 304. pi, 14. 1853. Annual, strigose-canescent; stem erect, slender, paniculately branched, commonly leafless below, 6-18' high. Leaves linear, entire, i'-ii' long, i"-2" wide,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 4. Heliotropium tenellum (Nutt.) Torr. Slender Heliotrope. Fig. 3505. Lithospermum tenellum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 188. 1833-37- H. tenellum Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 304. pi, 14. 1853. Annual, strigose-canescent; stem erect, slender, paniculately branched, commonly leafless below, 6-18' high. Leaves linear, entire, i'-ii' long, i"-2" wide, narrowed at both ends, sessile, or the lower petioled; flowers white, about 2I" long, sessile at the ends of short lateral branches, bracted by 1 or 3 leaves; calyx-segments unequal, the 2 or 3 larger ones about as long as the corolla; corolla-tube canes- cent, slightly longer than the limb, its lobes entire; anthers obtuse; stigma subulate-tipped; fruit de- pressed, 4-lobed, strigose-pubescent, separating into 4 i-seeded nutlets. In dry soil, Kentucky to Kansas, south to Alabama, Texas and New Mexico. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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