Common Name: FALSE-PIMPERNEL FAMILY Habit: Annual [perennial herb, subshrub], semi-aquatic. Stem: prostrate to erect, often rooting at proximal nodes, 4-angled. Leaf: cauline [basal and cauline or all basal], opposite [alternate, whorled], simple, entire or toothed [lobed], 1--5-veined from base; stipules 0. Inflorescence: bracted raceme or flowers single in axils; bractlets 0. Flower: bisexual, bilateral, sometimes cleistogamous; sepals [4]5, fused at least at base; corolla 4--5-lobed, 2-lipped, upper lip often straight and +- hood-like, generally 2-lobed, lower spreading, 3-lobed; fertile stamens 2[4, 5], alternate corolla lobes, fused to corolla throat, anthers opening by 2 slits; staminodes [0]2, filaments bent or Z-shaped; ovary superior, 2-chambered, style 1, stigma lobes 2. Fruit: capsule, septicidal. Genera In Family: 20 genera, +- 250 species: worldwide, especially tropics. Note: Formerly treated in Plantaginaceae. eFlora Treatment Author: David J. Keil
Common Name: FALSE PIMPERNEL Stem: openly branched. Leaf: entire to finely dentate. Inflorescence: flowers 1 in leaf axils. Flower: calyx lobes +- equal; corolla upper lip erect, lower lip > upper, corolla tube cylindric, > lobes, throat with 2 yellow, hairy ridges; fertile stamens 2[4] (lower stamen pair antherless, forming corolla throat ridges and with free, forked, filament-like tips), anther sacs of each stamen touching, not parallel; stigmas flat. Etymology: (Franz B. von Lindern, German physician & botanist, 1682--1755) eFlora Treatment Author: Deborah Q. Lewis Reference: Lewis 2000 Castanea 65:93--122
Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell
NATIVE Habit: Plant glabrous or sparsely and minutely stalked-glandular. Stem: < 27 cm [38 cm], spreading to erect, often rooting at proximal nodes. Leaf: 1--37 mm, sessile, lanceolate to ovate, tapered to round-clasping at base. Inflorescence: pedicel 0.5--28 mm. Flower: calyx lobed nearly to base, < 7 mm, lobes linear; corolla 7--10 mm, white to +- blue or lavender. Fruit: < or > sepals. Seed: length 1.5--3 × width, yellow to golden-yellow. Ecology: Wet meadows, pond borders, lakes and streams; Elevation: < 1700 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaRH, SN, GV, SnFrB, PR, SNE; Distribution Outside California: to Washington, southern Canada, eastern United States (eastern of Rocky Mountains); Mexico to South America, Europe, Asia. Flowering Time: Jun--Aug Synonyms: Lindernia dubia var. anagallidea (Michx.) Cooperr.; Lindernia dubia var. dubia Jepson eFlora Author: Deborah Q. Lewis Reference: Lewis 2000 Castanea 65:93--122 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Lindernia Next taxon: Linnaeaceae
Citation for this treatment: Deborah Q. Lewis 2012, Lindernia dubia, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=31104, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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