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Subshrub, shrub, vine, or small tree
Leaves opposite, simple or compound; stipules generally 0
Flower: calyx tube fused to ovary, limb generally 5-lobed; corolla radial or bilateral, rotate to cylindric, generally 5-lobed; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, alternate corolla lobes; ovary inferior, 15-chambered, style l
Fruit: berry, drupe, or capsule
Genera in family: ± 12 genera, 450 species: especially n temp
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Valerianaceae (and Dispaceae); Sambucus, Viburnum recently treated in Adoxaceae
Shrub
Stem decumbent to erect, slender
Leaf simple, deciduous, small, short-petioled; blade generally elliptic to round, some often ± lobed
Inflorescence: generally raceme, generally ± terminal, generally few-flowered; flower subtended by 2 fused bractlets
Flower ± radial; hypanthium ± spheric; calyx with 5-toothed, persistent limb; corolla bell-shaped to ± salverform, generally 5-lobed, white or pink, often ± hairy inside; nectaries 15, ± basal; stamens generally included; ovary chambers 4, styles generally included, stigma head-shaped
Fruit generally berry-like, generally white
Seeds 2 (1 per lateral ovary chamber), ± oblong, planoconvex
Species in genus: ± 10 species: North America, 1 in China
Etymology: (Greek: to bear fruit together, the berries borne in clusters)
Reference: [Jones 1940 J Arnold Arbor 21:201252]
Native |
Plant 612 dm, stiff, puberulent
Stem: old bark shredding
Leaf: blade 820 mm, paler and more prominently veined below
Inflorescence: flowers 12 in axils
Flower: calyx limb flaring, lobes deep, irregular, margin generally transparent; corolla 610 mm, narrowly bell-shaped, pink or white, middle 1/3 of tube lightly hairy, upper 1/3 glabrous, lobes ± erect, ± 1/51/3 corolla length; nectaries below all 5 lobes; style glabrous
Fruit 812 mm, ovoid
Seeds 46 mm
Ecology: Slopes, ridges, open places in forest
Elevation: 11003300 m.
Bioregional distribution: Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Southwestern California, Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, w Texas
Synonyms: S. vaccinioides Rydb
Native |
Plant trailing, 36 dm
Stem: branches often arched, tips rooting; twigs generally ± straight-hairy
Flower: corolla 69 mm, inside of tube sparsely hairy throughout
Ecology: Slopes, ridges
Elevation: 11003300 m.
Bioregional distribution: s High Sierra Nevada, Southwestern California, East of Sierra Nevada, Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: New Mexico
Flowering time: JunAug
Synonyms: S. parishii Rydb
Hard to distinguish from var. rotundifolius in Mono Co
Horticultural information: TRY.