Amsonia elliptica,
a perennial herb, inhabits fringes of marshes, damp grasslands close
to a river or lake. It stands 40 to 80cm and bears cymose
inflorescence on the tip of a stem with difficult-to-describe pale
blue-purple, lanceolate flowers in it. Leaves, 6-10cm long, 1-2cm
wide, are of alternate phyllotaxis in general, the tips sharply
pointed. Corollas are 1.3cm in diameter, in the shape of a high cup,
the upper parts are cleft in five segments opening flat. Bloom time:
May-June. |