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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; roots fleshy- fibrous or tuber-like, from rhizomes.
Stem: erect, fleshy.
Leaf: simple, pinnate-lobed, or compound, basal or cauline, alternate; petiole widened, clasping; leaflets toothed or lobed, hairy, generally paler abaxially.
Inflorescence: generally branched, generally head-like cymes; pedicels generally elongate, recurved in fruit or not.
Flower: calyx bell-shaped, lobes linear to lanceolate, acute to obtuse, glabrous or hairy, generally ciliate; corolla lobed to middle, > calyx, bell-shaped, lobes hairy; stamens equal, exserted, filaments hairy; ovary chamber 1, style 1, exserted, stigmas 2, base persistent.
Fruit: capsule, 3–5 mm, spheric; tip generally bristly, loosely enclosed by calyx.
Seed: 1–4, oblong to spheric, brown, net-like.
n=9.
8 species: North America. (Greek: water leaf) [Constance 1942 Amer Midl Naturalist 27:710–731]
1. Infl near ground, << subtending leaves; anthers << 1 mm ..... H. capitatum var. alpinum
1' Infl well above ground, generally >= subtending leaves; anthers 1–2 mm
2. Lf wide-ovate to round; leaflets generally 3–5 ..... H. tenuipes
2' Lf ± oblong; leaflets 7–15
3. Lflets acute to acuminate, teeth generally 4–8 per side ..... H. fendleri var. albifrons
3' Lflets obtuse to acute, teeth generally 2–4 per side ..... H. occidentale
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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