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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.
bull's coral-drops, kitten's-tails
Besseya: Charles Edwin Bessey 1845-1915 one of two important botanists named Bessey
bullii: probably George Hiram Bull 1818-1854
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-16" tall forb; stems hairy |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, small, prominently 2-lipped; upper lip sharp, the backward-curving lower lip with 3 irregular, small lobes; 2 stamens; inflorescence a 2"-6", dense, spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | hairy, 1/8"-1/4" capsule |
| Leaf: | basal rosette of oval, toothed leaves on long stalks; stem leaves dense, much smaller, alternate, and mostly stalkless |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, woods, barrens; in gravelly, sandy soil |
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