Greater Baby-innocence, Large-flowered Tonella, Manyflower Tonella
Tonella
floribunda
A close-up view of the attractively marked flower of large-flowered tonella as seen on the road to Granny View and
Hat Rock, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area........June 26, 2007.
Characteristics:
Large-flowered tonella is much branched annual wildflower with stems from 10-35
cm high. The stems are glabrous below and covered with gland-tipped hairs above.
The leaves are short-petiolate to sessile on the stems. The lower leaves are
trifoliate with lance-elliptic or narrower segments, each about .5-4 cm long.
The leaves within the inflorescence are reduced in size and often entire margined.
The numerous flowers are showy and 6-12 mm wide. The corolla is blue or lavender
and whitewith short tube and 5 spreading, somewhat two-lipped lobes. The 4 stamens
are exserted from the throat of the flower.
Habitat:
Large-flowered tonella may be found in rocky, open places.
Range:
Large-flowered tonella may be found in the Snake River Canyon
and its tributaries in southeastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, and Idaho.
The photo above shows a close-up view of the upper stem leaves and inflorescence of large-flowered tonella as seen along Hat Pt. Road below Granny View in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.......June 26, 2007.
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Several close-up views of the upper stem leaves and inflorescence of large-flowered tonella as seen along Hat Pt. Road below Granny View in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.........June 26, 2007.
A close-up of the inflorescence of large-flowered tonella as seen on shrub and grassland slopes along Couse Creek Road, Asotin Countym, WA........May 24, 2010.