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Shrub [per], green root- parasite.
Stem: prostrate to erect, much-branched.
Leaf: generally simple [1- ternate], alternate, crowded on short- shoots or not, sessile [petioled]; stipules 0; blade linear to ovate, hairy, glandular or not, tip abruptly pointed.
Inflorescence: flowers 1 in axils [ terminal racemes]; pedicel jointed, bractlets 2.
Flower: bisexual, bilateral; sepals 4–5, free, petal-like, magenta, red-purple [yellow]; petals generally 5, 3 upper linear to clawed, free or fused basally, held in ± upright flag, 2 lower modified as glands; stamens generally 4, fused to flag base, upcurved, anthers opening by pores; ovary superior, hairy, style slender, upcurved.
Fruit: nut-like, with smooth or barbed prickles; seed 1.
1 genus, 18 species: Am, arid semitrop, tropics. [Simpson et al. 2003 Syst Bot 29:97–108] Pollinating bees collect oils secreted by glandular petals. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Simpson 1989 Fl Neotropica 49:1–109; Simpson et al. 2003 Syst Bot 29:97–108]

(J.G.H. Kramer, Austrian Army physician, botanist, 1684–1744)
Unabridged etymology: (Johann Georg Heinrich Kramer, 1684–1744, Austrian Army physician, botanist)

Densely canescent or silky-hairy.
Stem: < 1 m; branches ± spreading, tips thorn-like.
Leaf: narrowly lanceolate.
Flower: buds curved upward; sepals deep purple-red; petal blades oblanceolate, green at base, magenta or purple above; glandular petals purple, outer face glandular covered with equal-sized blisters.
Fruit: ± spheric.
Dry, rocky or sandy places, especially on lime soils; < 1400 m. Desert;

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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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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.