Jepson Interchange (more information)
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This page is based on the 1993 Jepson Manual.
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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
Print edition is available from the University of California Press |
| The second edition of The Jepson Manual (2012) is available from the University of California Press | |
| See also the Jepson eFlora, which parallels the Second Edition |
Annual to shrub
Leaves generally simple, generally alternate, generally petioled; stipules 0; blade entire to deeply lobed
Inflorescence various
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla ± radial, cylindric to rotate, lobes generally 5; stamens 5, alternate corolla lobes; ovary superior, generally 2-chambered, style 1
Fruit: berry or capsule, 2–5-chambered
Genera in family: 75 genera, 3000 species: worldwide, especially ± tropical; many alien weeds in CA; many cultivated for food, drugs, or ornamental (potato, tomato, peppers, tobacco, petunia);many TOXIC .
Shrub 1–4 m, generally with leafy thorns, glabrous, hairy, or glandular
Leaves alternate or clustered, entire, small, fleshy
Inflorescence: clusters; flowers 1–several
Flower: calyx cylindric to bell-shaped, lobes 2–5; corolla funnel-shaped or rotate, whitish, greenish, or purplish, lobes 4–5; stamens attached at different levels in corolla
Fruit: berry, 2-chambered, dry to fleshy
Seeds 2–many
Species in genus: ± 100 species: warm, dry areas worldwide
Etymology: (Latin: Lycia, ancient country of Asia Minor)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1932 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 19:179–374]
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Plant generally glandular-puberulent; branches spreading
Leaf 5–15 mm, ± obovate
Flower: calyx 2–6 mm, bell-shaped, lobes 2–4(6); corolla funnel-shaped, tube 6–10 mm, lavender to whitish, lobes 3–5 mm, ovate; stamens exserted, attached ± at middle of tube
Fruit ± 10 mm, red
Seeds many
Ecology: Coastal bluffs, slopes
Elevation: < 600 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Channel Islands, w Sonoran Desert
Distribution outside California: nw MexicoHorticultural information: SUN, DRN: 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 &IRR: 12, 13; also STBL.
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Flower: calyx lobes 1–3 X tube, narrowly obovate
Extinction status: PRESUMED EXTINCT
Ecology: Habitats of sp.
Elevation: < 300 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Channel Islands (Santa Catalina, San Clemente islands)
Synonyms: L. h. Greene
Reports from SCo are cultivated plants.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.| YOU CAN HELP US make sure that our distributional information is correct and current. If you know that a plant occurs in a wild, reproducing state in a Jepson bioregion NOT highlighted on the map, please contact us with that information. Please realize that we cannot incorporate range extensions without access to a voucher specimen, which should (ultimately) be deposited in an herbarium. You can send the pressed, dried collection (with complete locality information indicated) to us (e-mail us for details) or refer us to an accessioned herbarium specimen. Non-occurrence of a plant in an indicated area is difficult to document, but we will especially value your input on those types of possible errors (see automatic conversion of distribution data to maps). |
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