The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual
Key to SPHAERALCEA
N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.
1.
Annual (obviously so)
S. coulteri
1'
Perennial (perhaps in flower during first year)
2.
Leaves linear-lanceolate
S. angustifolia
2'
Leaves rounded, triangular, or nearly compound
3.
Leaves deeply divided (nearly compound)
4.
Sepals < 10 mm
S. grossulariifolia
4'
Sepals 1315 mm
S. rusbyi var. eremicola
3'
Leaves triangular or rounded (often lobed, but not approaching compound)
5.
Inflorescence an open panicle (sometimes dense in bud)
S. ambigua
(part)
6.
Petals red-orange
var. ambigua
6'
Petals lavender to pink
var. rosacea
5'
Inflorescence raceme-like or a dense panicle
7.
Adult leaves coarsely dentate
S. munroana
7'
Adult leaves entire, crenate, or finely dentate
8.
Lower leaf surface markedly ridged
S. ambigua var. rugosa
8'
Lower leaf surface ± smooth
9.
Hairs coarse; leaves gray-green; fruit segment 4.55 mm, dehiscent part ± 60% of segment
S. emoryi var. emoryi
9'
Hairs soft; leaves yellow-green; fruit segment 2.53 mm, dehiscent part < 20% of segment
S. orcuttii
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