Habit: Annual, glabrous.
Stem: erect, 1.
Leaf: basal, cauline, opposite.
Inflorescence: cyme or flowers 1.
Flower: parts in 4s; calyx not appressed to, much wider than corolla tube, sepal midveins narrow-keeled; corolla salverform, yellow, lobes < tube, nectary pits 0 (nectaries elsewhere 0); ovary sessile, style thread-like, cleft +- 0.1 mm, deciduous, stigmas 2.
Species In Genus: 2 species: western North America, western South America, Europe.
Etymology: (According to Michael Charters and David Hollombe, http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageCI-CY.html, from Kikenda, an old Toscanan (Italian) name for a gentianaceous pl)
Jepson eFlora Author: James S. Pringle
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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