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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, spreading.
Leaf: ± basal, wide, cauline 0 or much reduced; petioles sheathing.
Inflorescence: scapose, umbel or flowers 1.
Flower: perianth cylindric to bell-shaped, parts in 2 similar, petal-like whorls, free, ascending to ± erect; stamens 6, fused to perianth, hairy near base [or not]; ovary superior, chambers 2–3, stigma obscurely 2–3-lobed.
Fruit: berry, ovoid, blue [or not].
Seed: 2–several, black.
6 species: w North America, eastern North America, Asia. (De Witt Clinton, naturalist, governor of NY, 1769–1828) [Hayashi et al. 2001 Plant Spec Biol 16:119–137]
1. Fls in umbel; perianth pink to rose-purple; peduncle >> leaves ..... C. andrewsiana
1' Fls 1(2); perianth white; peduncle generally < leaves ..... C. uniflora
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