The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual
Key to ANDROSACE
N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.
1.
Calyx < 2(3) mm; leaf blade abruptly narrowed to petiole
A. filiformis
1'
Calyx generally > 3 mm; leaf blade tapered to petiole
2.
Calyx lobes awl-like, tips stiffly acute
A. elongata subsp. acuta
2'
Calyx lobes widely lanceolate to triangular, tips acute to obtuse
3.
Involucral bracts ± ovate, generally ± 0.7–1.7 mm wide; corolla < calyx; peduncles generally 1–few
A. occidentalis var. simplex
3'
Involucral bracts ± lanceolate, generally ± < 0.5 mm wide; corolla = or > calyx; peduncles 1 to generally several
A. septentrionalis subsp. subumbellata
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