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Perennial, generally rhizomed, of ± wet places.
Leaf: simple, alternate; stipules generally fused to petiole.
Inflorescence: spike [ raceme], dense, many-flowered, generally terminal, subtended by involucre of petal-like bracts [or not], each flower generally subtended by 1 bract.
Flower: small, bisexual; perianth 0; stamens [3]6(8), appearing to arise from inflorescence axis [or not]; ovary inferior [or superior], sunken into inflorescence axis [or not], compound, chamber generally 1 [or carpels fused only at base]; styles 3–4[5(7)], distinct.
Fruit: capsule, ± fleshy, dehiscent near top [or mericarps].
Seed: [1 or] many, spheric or ovoid.
5 genera, 7 species: e Asia, North America. [Meng 2003 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 90:592–602] —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

1 sp. (Greek: anemone-like, from inflorescence) [Howell 1971 Wasmann J Biol 29:97–100]

Rhizome thick, woody.
Stem: 8–80 cm, hollow, glabrous or hairy.
Leaf: basal several, blade 3–20 cm, elliptic to oblong, base cordate or not, petiole 2–40 cm; cauline < basal, 1–few, 1 ovate, generally subsessile to clasping, subtending 1–3 with short petioles or not.
Inflorescence: 1–4 cm, conic; involucre bracts 4–9, 0.3–3.5 cm, petal-like, white, often tinged ± red; flower bracts 3.5–6 mm, ± spoon-shaped, white.
Common. Saline or alkaline soil, wet or moist areas, seeps, springs; < 2000 m. High Cascade Range, s Sierra Nevada, sw Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Central Western California, South Coast, Channel Islands, Peninsular Ranges, East of Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert;

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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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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.