The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to CARPOBROTUS

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Flower 3–5 cm diam, petals rose-magenta, chambers 8–10; leaf 4–7 cm, rounded-triangular in X-section, outer angle smooth; sepal X-section like leaf
C. chilensis
  1' Flower 8–10 cm diam, petals pink or yellow aging pink, chambers 10–12; leaf 6–10 cm, sharply triangular in X-section, outer angle serrate near tip; sepal X-section like leaf
C. edulis


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