The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to HOLODISCUS

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

  1. Leaves on peg-like stems generally 2–4 cm, elliptic, others 2–12 cm, ovate to wide-ovate; petiole generally distinct; inflorescence generally not mixed with leaves
H. discolor
  1' Leaves on peg-like stems generally 0.3–2 cm, obovate, others 1–3 cm, ovate to ± round; petiole generally indistinct; inflorescence generally mixed with leaves
H. microphyllus
    2. Leaf puberulent to glabrous on both surfaces, hairs much longer on margins and veins
var. glabrescens
    2' Leaf ± long-hairy on 1 or both surfaces, hairs not greatly longer on margins and veins
var. microphyllus


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