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Annual to shrub or vine (generally per in CA)
Leaves basal, cauline, or both, generally alternate, entire to compound; stipules generally small
Inflorescence: head, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary; peduncle bractlets 2
Flower generally bisexual, generally bilateral; sepals 5, free to slightly fused, generally persistent; petals 5, free, lowest generally spurred or pouched at base; stamens generally 5, alternate petals, filaments short, wide, anthers surrounding ovary, adherent or fused, often with nectaries at base, often with membranous appendage at tip; ovary superior, chamber 1, placentas 3, parietal, ovules generally many, style 1
Fruit: generally capsule, 3-valved, generally explosively dehiscent
Seeds generally appendaged
Genera in family: 15 genera, 600 species: generally temp, worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental; some Eur species medicinally useful as emetics, diuretics, purgatives
Reference: [Brizicky 1961 J Arnold Arbor 42:321333]
Annual or perennial herb < 35 cm, glabrous to hairy
Leaf entire to compound
Inflorescence: flower generally solitary, axillary
Flower bilateral; sepals subequal, appendaged at base; petals unequal, lowest spurred or pouched at base, lateral 2 equal, generally spreading, often hairy near base, upper 2 equal, erect; lower 2 stamens with nectaries projecting into spur
Fruit: capsule, ovoid to oblong
Etymology: (Latin: ancient name)
Reference: [Clausen 1964 Madroño 17:173197]
Cleistogamous flowers generally present. Seeds often dispersed by ants that feed on seed-appendages.
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Plant 522 cm from thin, creeping rhizome, forming late-season stolons, glabrous
Stem 0
Leaves basal, simple; stipules reddish; petiole 20170 mm; blade 2065 mm, ovate to round, crenate, base cordate, tip obtuse
Inflorescence: peduncle < 210 mm
Flower: sepal appendages 12 mm, ear-like; petals acute, almost white to pale blue or violet, lowest (including spur) 817 mm, lower 3 violet-veined at base, lateral 2 ± bearded
Fruit 67 mm, glabrous
Chromosomes: n=24
Ecology: Uncommon. Swampy, shrubby places
Elevation: < 150 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, e N.America, Colorado; also in Europe
Horticultural information: TRY.