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Annual, biennial, perennial herb, shrub
Leaves simple, alternate; stipules small, tooth- or gland-like; blade entire to deeply lobed
Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, spike-like
Flower generally bisexual, small, asymmetric, 1 per bract; sepals 2–8; petals 0–8; disk sometimes present; stamens 3–50+, generally on disk, anthers 2-chambered; pistils generally ± compound, 2–7-parted, generally open at top, ovary superior, sessile or short-stalked, generally 1-chambered, stigmas beak-like
Fruit: capsule, gaping at top, or berry
Seeds few–many, reniform
Genera in family: 6 genera, 70 species: n&e hemispheres, especially Medit
Reference: [Abdallah & de Wit 1978 Meded Landbouwhogeschool 78(14):99–416]
Annual, perennial herb, shrub
Leaf petioled or not; blade entire to deeply lobed
Flower: sepals 4–8, margins generally white; petals 4–8, base generally dilated, limb generally lobed; stamens 10–40, on prominent disk; stigmas 3–5
Fruit: capsule
Species in genus: 55 species: especially Eur, Medit; cultivated as ornamental and naturalized widely
Etymology: (Latin: to calm, from supposed sedative property)
| Introduced |
Biennial, glabrous
Stem < 10 dm
Leaf entire
Inflorescence: bracts 2–3.5 mm, persistent in fruit; pedicel 1–2.5 mm
Flower: sepals 4; petals 4, 2–4 mm, yellowish, unlike, irregularly lobed; stamens 20–25, filaments persistent in fruit
Fruit erect, 3-parted
Seed 0.8–1 mm, smooth
Chromosomes: 2n=24,26,28
Ecology: Waste ground, fields, roadsides
Elevation: < 100 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, North Coast Ranges, Central Coast, s South Coast (San Diego)
Distribution outside California: native to Old World
Source of yellow dye used from Neolithic time.