Jones' Bluestar

Amsonia jonesii Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot
Gard. 15:414. 1928..
Amsonia laiifoUa M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 12: 50. 1908. Not A, latifolia Michx. 1803.
Stems 2-4 dm. tall; leaves alternate, subsucculent, broadly ovate to narrowly ovateelliptic, 3-5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad, acute to obtusish, obtuse at the base, wholly glabrous, the petioles 1.5-4 mm. long; inflorescence rather congested, barely surpassing the foliage, bearing numerous, rather small, pale-lead-blue flowers; pedicels 3-4 mm. long; cal3rx-lobes ovatetriangular, 1-1.5 mm. long, glabrous; corolla glabrous externally or very inconspicuously pilosulous at the base of the lobes, the tube 6-8 mm. long, somewhat less than 1 mm. in diameter at the base, slightly inflated at the insertion of the stamens, slightly constricted at the orifice, the lobes 3-6 mm. long, spreading; follicles relatively stout, continuous, 5-8 cm. long, glabrous.
Typb i^ocality: Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; alt. 1500 meters. Distribution: Southwestern Colorado, southern Utah, and Arizona.