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Annual, perennial herb, glandular-hairy, generally strongly scented.
Leaf: simple, opposite or alternate; stipules 0; petiole long.
Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, bracted; bractlets 2, just below flower.
Flower: bisexual; sepals 5, ± unequal; corolla 2-lipped, generally 5-lobed; stamens epipetalous, generally 2 long, 2 short, 1 vestigial; ovary superior, 1-chambered, placentas 2, parietal, 2-lobed, style > ovary, curved, stigma 2-lobed, flat, generally closing when touched.
Fruit: capsule, drupe-like; outer layer fleshy, deciduous; inner layer ultimately exposed, woody, tip incurved, splitting to form 2 claws.
4 genera, 16 species: generally ± tropical America; some cultivated. [Wagstaff & Olmstead 1997 Syst Bot 22:165–179] No evidence that insects stuck to glands are digested. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II 2003 Bot J Linn Soc 141:399–436; Hevly 1969 Taxon 18:527–534; Bretting & Nilsson 1988 Syst Bot 13:51–59]

Taproot branched or tuberous.
Stem: prostrate to spreading, generally < 1 m.
Leaf: blade broadly ovate to round or triangular, palmately veined (generally palmately lobed), base cordate.
Inflorescence: bractlets < calyx.
Flower: calyx 1–2 cm, generally 5-lobed, split to base on lower side, or sepals free; corolla 2–5 cm, bell- to funnel-shaped, showy, tube cylindric, generally < 1 cm, bent downward, throat 10–30 mm, limb with 5 flared lobes, throat and lower limb with colored lines ( nectar guides).
Fruit: body 5–10 cm, fusiform, smooth, rough, or spiny, crested with branched projections generally only along upper suture; claws 1.5–3 × body.
Seed: 8–13 mm, angled, generally black, corky.
8 species: Am. (Greek: elephant's trunk) [Bretting 1982 Amer J Bot 69:1531–1537] Fr dispersed by attachment of claw to animals. Proboscidea parviflora subsp. parviflora not in CA according to some reports, naturalized in CA according to others.
Unabridged note: All CA material previously identified as Proboscidea parviflora subsp. parviflora belongs instead to Proboscidea parviflora var. hohokamiana Bretting, according to some but not all reports; in CA only in cultivation according to some reports, naturalized in CA according to others; in AZ cultivated by Native Americans for fibers from fruit.

Annual.
Leaf: blade 10–20 cm wide, blade ± rounded, angled or not, entire to dentate.
Inflorescence: few–many-flowered, generally exceeded by leaves.
Flower: sepals free, upper 3 narrower; corolla yellow, often with orange tinge, generally with darker markings.
Fruit: body 3–4 cm wide, ovate, short-spiny.
2n=30,32. Uncommon. Open, disturbed places; < 500 m. Great Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, expected elsewhere;

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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.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. 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.