kittentails
(Veronica bullii)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N3 - Vulnerable S2 - Imperiled |
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| Minnesota | Threatened |
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Description |
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Height |
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8″ to 16″ |
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Flower Color |
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Yellow |
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Habitat |
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Dry. Prairies, woods, barrens. |
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April to July |
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Rare |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
| Superorder | Asteranae | ||
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Lamiales (mints, plantains, olives, and allies) | ||
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Plantaginaceae (plantain) | ||
| Tribe | Veroniceae | ||
| Genus | Veronica (speedwells) | ||
| Subgenus | Synthris | ||
kittentails was formerly classified as Besseya bullii and was placed in the Scrophulariaceae (figwort) family. Morphological and molecular analysis in 2004 resulted in Besseya and closely related genera being moved to the Plantaginaceae (plantain) family, and this plant being reassigned to the Veronica genus. A few sources, including GBIF and Flora of North America, use the name Synthyris bullii. Some sources, including USDA PLANTS and BONAP, use the name Besseya bullii. Most sources, including NCBI, iNaturalist, World Flora Online, and Plants of the World Online, use the name Veronica bullii. |
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Synonyms |
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Besseya bullii Synthyris bullii Wulfenia bullii |
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Common Names |
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besseya Bull’s coral-drops Bull’s coraldrops kitten tails kittentails kittentails |
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| Kittentails (Wulfenia (Besseya) bullii) PrairieMoonNursery |
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About
Uploaded on Jan 13, 2010 http://www.PrairieMoon.com - Kittentails (Wulfenia bullii, also called Besseya bullii) are an endangered plant. They are one of the earliest dry native prairie species to come up. This video shows them at Prairie Moon Nursery in SE Minnesota on April 16. Good companion plants to the Kitten tails include Pasque Flower and Prairie Smoke. |
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