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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. |
Annual.
Stem: simple to branched, prostrate to erect, fleshy, brittle, angled or winged, glabrous to generally bristly (prickly).
Leaf: simple, cauline, lower generally opposite, upper opposite or alternate, generally reduced; petiole generally bristly- ciliate; blade pinnate-toothed or -lobed, generally bristly.
Inflorescence: flowers 1 in leaf axils or opposite leaves; pedicels longer in fruit, recurved.
Flower: calyx bell-shaped to rotate, sinuses generally with spreading or reflexed appendages; corolla bell-shaped to rotate, white, blue, or purple, spotted or marked or not; stamens included; ovary chamber 1, style 1, generally 1/3–1/2 forked.
Fruit: generally 2–7 mm wide, spheric to ovoid, hairy, generally enclosed by calyx.
Seed: ovoid, smooth, wrinkled or pitted, with a conic, colorless appendage at 1 end.
11 species: se US, w North America. (Greek: woodland-loving)
Unabridged references: [Constance 1941 Univ CA Publ Bot 19:341–398]
1. St with minute reflexed prickles; lower leaves alternate ..... N. breviflora
1' St without reflexed prickles; lower leaves opposite (except Nemophila pulchella var. gracilis)
2. Corolla >= 10 mm wide (6–40 mm wide in Nemophila menziesii)
3. Seeds smooth or pitted; corolla with or without purple spot at lobe tips
4. Corolla 10–50 mm wide; style 3–6 mm ..... N. maculata
4' Corolla 2–10 mm wide; style < 2 mm ..... N. spatulata (2)
3' Seeds wrinkled and tubercled; corolla without purple spot at lobe tips ..... N. menziesii
5. Upper, lower leaves dissimilar, lower lobed, upper entire to toothed
6. Lower leaves 5–7-lobed; corolla 6–15 mm wide ..... var. integrifolia (2)
6' Lower leaves 6–13-lobed; corolla 10–40 mm wide ..... var. menziesii (2)
5' Upper, lower leaves similar, deep-5–13-lobed
7. Corolla white, black-dotted from center ± to margin ..... var. atomaria
7' Corolla blue with white center or blue-veined, generally black-dotted at center ..... var. menziesii (2)
2' Corolla < 10(12) mm wide
8. Corolla generally rotate; filaments > corolla tube
9. Calyx appendages 1–4 mm in fruit; seeds wrinkled and tubercled ..... N. menziesii var. integrifolia (2)
9' Calyx appendages 0–0.5 mm in fruit; seeds smooth or ± rough ..... N. pulchella
10. Corolla blue with white center, >> calyx; style 2–3 mm ..... var. pulchella
10' Corolla white, ± >= calyx; style <= 2 mm
11. Cauline leaves opposite; style < 1 mm; seeds 2–4 ..... var. fremontii
11' Cauline leaves alternate; style 1–2 mm; seed generally 1 ..... var. gracilis
8' Corolla bell- to bowl-shaped; filaments <= corolla tube
12. Corolla generally dark-veined, dotted, lobes occasionally purple-spotted
13. Lf oblong to ovate, deep-5–9-lobed ..... N. pedunculata
13' Lf oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, shallow-3–5-lobed ..... N. spatulata (2)
12' Corolla not dark-veined, dotted, lobes not purple-spotted
14. Style 2–4 mm; lower leaves deep-lobed, lobes similar, generally well separated, stalked ..... N. heterophylla
14' Style < 2 mm; lower leaves cut or shallow-lobed, lobes dissimilar, merging or not stalked ..... N. parviflora
15. Upper leaves alternate, lobes deep, generally acute ..... var. parviflora
15' Upper leaves opposite, lobes shallow, rounded or obtuse
16. Lf glabrous to bristly, blade base tapered ..... var. austiniae
16' Lf long-hairy, blade base truncate or cordate ..... var. quercifolia
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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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