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Kelloggia - Kelloggia galioides
State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Known in Montana from one 1971 collection in the South Fork Fish Creek valley approximately 12 miles west-northwest of Alberton and a 0.5 mile north of the junction with Deer Creek.
General Description
Kelloggia is an herbaceous perennial with small clusters of stems that are 1-6 dm high and arising from spreading rhizomes. The narrowly lance-shaped, opposite leaves are 15-50 mm long and have smaller leaves in their axils. Foliage is glabrous. Flowers are borne on long stalks in open, leafy inflorescences. The white or pink, tubular corolla is 4-8 mm long. It has 4 narrow, spreading, hairy lobes and surmounts the bristly ovary and 4 tiny calyx lobes. The small, hard, berry-like fruit is 3-4 mm in diameter and covered with hooked bristles.
Phenology
Flowering June-August.
Diagnostic Characteristics
Species of Galium have more than 2 leaves per node. Kellogia galioides superficially resembles species in the Caryophyllaceae, but in the latter, the separate petals enclose the ovary.
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Historical
Range Comments
WA to CA and Baja, east to ID, WY, and AZ. In Mineral County.
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1
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Relative Density
Recency
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Habitat
Open forest in the valley and montane zones.
Stewardship Responsibility
Threats or Limiting Factors
STATE THREAT SCORE REASON
Threat impact not assigned because threats are not known (MTNHP Threat Assessment 2021).
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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MTNHP Threat Assessment. 2021. State Threat Score Assignment and Assessment of Reported Threats from 2006 to 2021 for State-listed Vascular Plants. Botany Program, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, Montana.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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