Orobanchaceae
Elongated bluehearts
Buchnera longifolia
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Buchnera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Elongated bluehearts
Synonyms
- Buchnera elongata f. glabriuscula Kuntze
- Buchnera elongata f. parviflora Kuntze
- Buchnera elongata f. pilosior Kuntze
- Buchnera elongata f. rigidior Kuntze
- Buchnera elongata var. obtusa Pennell
- Buchnera macrocarpa Kunth
- Buchnera tinctoria Bertol.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Agustina Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Gonçalves da Cunha Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Gastón Repetto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ariadna Tripaldi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agustina Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: vinicius_s_domingues, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.