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Annual, perennial herb, subshrub, glabrous to glandular-hairy
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, sessile or petioled; stipules 0
Inflorescence sometimes scapose
Flower bisexual, radial; parts generally in 4's or 5's; calyx deeply lobed, often persistent; corolla lobes spreading to reflexed; stamens epipetalous, opposite corolla lobes; ovary generally superior, 1-chambered, placenta basal or free-central, style 1, stigma head-like
Fruit: capsule, circumscissile or 26-valved
Seeds small, fewmany
Genera in family: ± 25 genera, 600 species: especially n hemisphere; several ornamental (Cyclamen , Dodecatheon , Primula )
Reference: [Channell & Wood 1959 J Arnold Arbor 40:268288]
Species in genus: 1 sp.: n temp, arctic
Etymology: (Greek: bluish green)
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Perennial, fleshy, erect, tufted
Stem 540 cm
Leaves cauline, opposite, sessile, 420 mm, linear to oblong, entire
Inflorescence: flowers solitary in axils, ± sessile
Flower 34 mm; parts in 5's; calyx corolla-like, lobes ± 2 X tube, ovate or oblong, white to reddish or lavender; corolla 0; stamens 5, alternate calyx lobes, filaments awl-like, anthers cordate; ovary superior
Fruit 5-valved, < calyx, ovoid
Seeds few, elliptic in outline, ± flat
Chromosomes: 2n=30
Ecology: Coastal salt marsh, saline meadows
Elevation:
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, Klamath Ranges, deltaic Great Central Valley, Central Coast, South Coast, e-most Modoc Plateau, East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: to e N.America, Eurasia
Flowering time: MayJul
Horticultural information: TRY; STBL.