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Key to families | Table of families and genera This text currently parallels The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition that is now available at the University of California Press. Text appearing in blue on this page will not appear in the printed book; it will be displayed only on the Web. Specimen numbers are hyperlinked to records in the Consortium of California Herbaria data view where possible. Taxa are hyperlinked to entries in the Jepson Interchange via the "[Online Interchange]" link. |
Rhizome slender, creeping to ± erect.
Stem: erect, branched, scaly below, leafy above, hairs 0 or generally sharp-branched, generally not glandular, some or all falling in age.
Leaf: alternate, sessile to ± clasping, (ob) ovate to elliptic, acute to acuminate, base ± oblique, cordate to acute, main veins >=3, converging.
Inflorescence: umbel-like, terminal; flowers 1–7, pendent.
Flower: perianth parts 6, in 2 whorls, petal-like, free, white to ± green, bases green, generally convex; stamens 6, free, anthers generally < filaments, generally oblong, generally glabrous; ovary superior, chambers (1)3, style slender, stigma entire or 3-lobed.
Fruit: berry, orange to red.
Seed: white to pale yellow.
6 species: temperate North America. (Greek: to append, from pendulous ovules of type sp.) [Mesler et al. 2010 Madroño 52:129–135]
1. St, leaf margin, pedicel glandular-hairy; filaments << anthers; ovary chambers 1; fruit generally 2-seeded ..... P. parvifolia
1' St, leaf margin, pedicel hairy or not, nonglandular; filaments > anthers; ovary chambers 3; fruit generally > 3-seeded
2. Lf margin hairs many, short, sharp, ascending, blade abaxially minute-scabrous, especially on veins; perianth parts ± spreading at middle; anthers generally exserted ..... P. hookeri
2' Lf margin hairs 0 or long, spreading, generally falling in age, blade abaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy; perianth parts spreading at tip; anthers included ..... P. smithii
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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