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The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
This 15–25 centimeters (6–10 in) wide violet has glossy, heart-shaped leaves and are topped with purple flowers with white throats. The lower three petals are hairy and the stem of the flower droops slightly. [7] These flowers can be found in the woods, thickets, and near stream beds. [5] V. sororia can live and reproduce for more than 10 ...
Agalinis tenuifolia, known by the common names common gerardia, [2] slender false foxglove [2] or common false foxglove, is an annual forb native to the eastern and southwestern United States, and Canada, [3] which produces purple flowers in late summer or early fall.
The flowers can bloom in a variety of colors, the majority of them purple or a lavender shade, [4] with rose pink or white rarely appearing. [5] The flower includes five petals fused at the base, forming a short tube. [ 5 ]
This category contains the native flora of Illinois as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
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The erect, branching stem is purple, smooth, hollow, and sturdy. The compound leaves are bipinnate , with 3 to 5 leaflets per leaf. The total width of a lower leaf may be up to 2 ft (61 cm), and the leaflets are 0.75–4.5 in (1.9–11.4 cm) long and 0.5–2.5 in (1.3–6.4 cm) across.
It has simple opposite leaves, which are 10 to 40 millimeters long, and only 0.5 to 2 millimeters wide. The flowers are racemose on the branches. They are borne on 1 to 8 millimeter long pedicles. Each flower is bilaterally symmetrical, with five 20 to 38 millimeter long petals fused into a corolla tube, and four stamens.