Heterocodon, Western Pearlflower
Heterocodon rariflorum
Synonyms: Heterocodon rariflorus, Specularia rariflorum
A close-up sideview of heterocodon as seen
in a moist swale along Road K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway.......July
9, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up view of the
flower of heterocodon as seen along Kreps Lane at Conboy NWR........July
2, 2006. Note the thick, 3-lobed stigma that is shorter than the corolla tube.
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of
the long, bell-shaped flower of heterocodon as seen along Kreps Lane at Conboy
NWR........July 2, 2006.
The photo above shows a stem leaf of heterocodon
as seen at Conboy NWR.........July 2, 2006.
The photo above shows the long, spindly form
of heterocodon.
Paul Slichter