The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to TAUSCHIA

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

  1. Peduncle generally < leaf; bractlets very large, >> umbels, wide, sharply pinnately lobed, leaf-like
T. howellii
  1' Peduncle > leaf; bractlets small, < to slightly > umbels, narrow, entire or nearly so, not leaf-like
 
    2. Fruit oblong to narrowly elliptic, much longer than wide, ribs prominent, acute, ± wing-like; leaf ± leathery
 
      3. Leaf 1-pinnate; rays unequal, spreading-ascending
T. arguta
      3' Leaf 2-pinnate; rays subequal, spreading and reflexed
T. parishii
    2' Fruit nearly round, ± as wide as long, ribs low, obtuse, thread-like; leaf not leathery
 
      4. Plant glabrous, smooth; rays 5–12; pedicel 1–3 mm
T. glauca
      4' Plant minutely roughened; rays 10–30; pedicel 2–15 mm
 
        5. Several bractlets generally < flowers, fruits; fruit 4–7 mm, 4–5 mm wide
T. hartwegii
        5' All bractlets generally < flowers, fruits; fruit 3–5 mm, 4–6 mm wide
T. kelloggii


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