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Vascular Plants of California
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Key to Androsace

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(For a list of species in Androsace, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Calyx ± 2(3) mm;   abruptly narrowed to  ..... A. filiformis

1' Calyx (2.5)3–6 mm; leaf blade  to petiole

2. Involucre bracts lance-linear to , generally < 0.5 mm wide; corolla >= calyx; 2700–3600 m ..... A. septentrionalis

2' Involucre bracts lanceolate to , < 1.7 mm wide; corolla < calyx; < 1700 m

3. Calyx  awl-like, tips , stiff;  1–several ..... A. elongata subsp. acuta

3' Calyx lobes widely lanceolate to , tips acute to , not stiff; peduncles generally 1 ..... A. occidentalis

 

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