Key to Kallstroemia

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

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

1. Style < fruit body; 

peduncle 

Stalk of an individual flower borne singly, not in an inflorescence, or of an entire inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit; the stalk subtending an involucre (e.g., in Asteraceae, Polygonaceae).

generally < to ± = subtending 

leaf 

Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).

; petals 3–5 mm; sepals deciduous ..... K. californica

1' Style > fruit body; peduncle > to >> subtending leaf; petals 6–30 mm; sepals persistent

2. Sepals >> fruit body, 

spreading 

Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.

; petals 15–30 mm, yellow to orange, darker at base ..... [K. grandiflora]

2' Sepals ± = to slightly > fruit body, 

appressed 

Parallel or nearly parallel to and often in contact with surface of origin; used to describe the disposition of hairs, leaves, pedicels, etc.

; petals 6–12 mm, orange ..... K. parviflora

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