Key to Synthyris

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

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

1. Inflorescence 

erect 

Upright; vertically oriented.

in fruit; flowers >= 15 per inflorescence; ovules 10–16 per flower – Wrn ..... S. missurica subsp. missurica

1' Inflorescence curved to reclining on soil in fruit; flowers 5–10 per inflorescence; ovules 4 per flower

2. Leaf 

blade 

Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.

generally longer than wide, base lobed to 

cordate 

Heart-shaped; often pertaining to a leaf in which the blade base on both sides of the petiole is rounded and convex.

, tip 

acute 

Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle.

to 

obtuse 

Having a short-tapered, blunt tip or base, the sides convex or straight and converging at more than a right angle.

; corolla tube glabrous to minutely hairy; NW ..... S. cordata

2' Leaf blade wider than long, base lobed, tip obtuse to rounded; corolla tube long-soft-wavy-hairy; NW, SnFrB ..... S. reniformis

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