Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Orthocarpus purpureoalbus is a middle elevation herb with a single stem at the base, then dividing higher up. It lives in middle elevation meadows and moist fields and seems to prefer Artemisia as a host, as do plants in the genus Orobanche here. The flowers are a combination of purple and white. The leaves are either entire or three fingered with linear segments.
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Orthocarpus purpureoalbus, photo Russ Kleinman, Mimbres Valley 3 miles south of Lake Roberts, August 5, 2010
Orthocarpus purpureoalbus, closeup, photo Russ Kleinman, Mimbres Valley 3 miles south of Lake Roberts, August 5, 2010
Orthocarpus purpureoalbus, flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Mimbres Valley 3 miles south of Lake Roberts, August 5, 2010
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