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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. |
Perennial from rhizome, glabrous or hairy.
Stem: erect, branched or not.
Leaf: short-petioled to sessile; blade generally ovate to lanceolate, margin toothed to deeply lobed or cut.
Inflorescence: head-like in leaf axils.
Flower: calyx generally 5-lobed, lobes ± equal, obtuse to short-awned; corolla ± bilateral, not 2-lipped, generally 4-lobed, lobes ± unequal; stamens 2, exserted, staminodes 2, minute, club-shaped; style exserted.
Fruit: nutlets ± compressed, truncate to rounded, edges corky-thickened.
14 species: temperate North America, Eurasia, Australia. (Greek: wolf foot, from French common name) [Moon et al. 2006 J Plant Res 119:633–644]
Unabridged references: [Moon & Hong 2003 Ann Bot Fenn 40:191–198; Henderson 1962 Amer Midl Naturalist 68:95–135]
1. Calyx lobes ovate, tip obtuse to acute, ± = fruit; leaves generally short-petioled, generally serrate ..... L. uniflorus
1' Calyx lobes awl-like, tip acuminate to short-awned, generally > fruit; leaves ± sessile to short-petioled, serrate to deeply lobed or cut
2. Lvs generally short-petioled, deeply lobed to cut, especially in lower 1/2; fruit 1–1.5 mm, tip rounded ..... L. americanus
2' Lvs generally ± sessile, serrate; fruit 1.5–2 mm, tip ± truncate ..... L. asper
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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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