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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, scapose; root caudex-like.
Leaf: simple, in basal rosette, spreading or ascending; blade tapered to petiole, generally entire, generally ciliate.
Inflorescence: flowers 1; peduncle erect or spreading, 1–10 cm, slender.
Flower: calyx lobes 2–9 mm, generally unequal, glabrous to hairy, ciliate; corolla scales 0, tube generally dense-hairy inside, throat generally yellow, lobes glabrous to hairy, white or ± blue, generally tinged or marked with lavender or purple; stamens included, generally unequal, filament base widened; ovary hairy, chamber 1, style 1, stigmas 2, 2–5 mm.
Fruit: 5–11 mm, ovoid, hairy.
Seed: many, ovoid, angular, red-brown, honeycombed or pitted.
2 species: w US, n Mex. (Greek: evening or western centaur)
1. Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped, lobes generally 0.8–1.5 × tube; leaves generally hairy both surfaces ..... H. californicus
1' Corolla rotate, lobes generally (1.5)2–4 × tube; leaves generally glabrous at least abaxially ..... H. pumilus
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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