Jepson Interchange (more information)
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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
Print edition is available from the University of California Press |
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1–many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1–many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)4–5; stamens 4–5, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):1–28. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Species in genus: 1 sp
Etymology: (Greek: each enclosed, from 1-flowered heads)
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Shrub
Stems 4–7 dm, stiff, much-branched, glandular-puberulent or becoming glabrous except for tufts of soft hair in axils of persistent leaf bases
Leaves simple, alternate, some also clustered in axils of older stems; primary leaves 1–3 cm, linear to linear-lanceolate, sessile, spine-tipped, sparsely spiny-dentate, ± persistent as spines when dry; clustered axillary leaves narrower, obtuse to acute, generally not toothed
Inflorescence: heads 1-flowered, sessile, in dense, head-like clusters surrounded by involucre of persistent, ovate, spiny-toothed, net-veined bracts 1–2 cm; true involucre narrowly cylindric; phyllaries ± 15 in several unequal series, 4–10 mm, linear, acuminate, loosely soft-hairy; receptacle naked
Flower 1 per head; corolla pink to reddish purple in bud, greenish white in flower, lobes linear, equal; filaments inserted near base of corolla, anthers purple, exserted, bases with stiff, bristle-like tails, tips short-triangular; style tips very shallowly lobed
Fruit cylindric, glabrous; pappus a crown of fringed scales < or = 1 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=16
Ecology: Dry, rocky slopes
Elevation: 1200–2200 m.
Bioregional distribution: East of Sierra Nevada, Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: w Nevada
Flowering time: May–Jun
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