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Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
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Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)

General: Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) is a small perennial herb with a basal rosette of leaves and usually a single flower stalk. The leaves are sessile, clasping, elongate, and toothed with prickly points. The inflorescense is a raceme, and flowers are not accompanied by leaf-like bracts. The flower is urn-shaped with 4 narrow petals, purple, long and thin, with a forked, two-lobed stigma, and relatively large anthers 2–6 mm). The fruits are a pea-like bean pod, generally glabrous

Heartleaf Twistflower is an uncommon component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained gravelly soils in the middle-elevation mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) and Transition (Yellow Pine Forest) life zones.

Family: Mustard Family (Brassicaceae).

Other Names: Jewelflower

Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)

Plant Form: Upright herb.

Height: short.

Stems: Single.

Leaves: Toothed, clasping.

Flowers: Purple, tubular, with lobed stigma.

Seeds:

Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)

Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland and Yellow Pine Forests

Elevation: 4,000 to 10,000 feet

Distribution: California and Nevada.

Comments: Look for this species during spring Desert National Wildlife Range, Mormon Well area and Basin and Range National Monument.

Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)
Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus) Heartleaf Twistflower (Streptanthus cordatus)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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