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Acanthomintha lanceolata
Santa Clara Thorn-mint
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Photographer: Aaron Schusteff
ID: 0000 0000 0412 2172 (2012-04-24)Copyright © 2012 Aaron Schusteff
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date of photo May 1, 2011
latitude 37.48002 longitude -121.21896 max error distance 1506 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GEOLocategeoreferencing remarks Placed marker further into canyon from original marker near Highway 5.location
Del Puerto Canyon (Stanislaus County, California, US)family
Lamiaceae
notes The long-spined, ovate, inflorescence bracts are characteristic of this mint family genus. The placement of the stigmas...exserted from the upper hood of the corolla...seem to be positioned to pick up pollen from the back of an incoming pollinator (bumble-bee or moth?). The pollinator could later get dusted with pollen on the same area of the back, after it crawls further into the corolla to get nectar at the inner base of the tube. With the stigmas exserted, the pollen from previously visited flowers would contact the stigmas before the pollinator crawled further in and picked up pollen from the given flower...in this way the placement of stigmas and anthers might encourage cross-pollination. Plants were growing here, as is often the case, on a serpentine substrate. photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Santa Clara Thorn-mint (photographer)
Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)View Calflora record for Acanthomintha lanceolataView all photos in CalPhotos of Acanthomintha lanceolata Check Google Images for Acanthomintha lanceolata |
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