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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 |
Annual, glabrous or sparsely hairy
Stem < 6 dm
Leaf entire to ternately lobed
Inflorescence: bracts 2–6 mm, persistent in fruit; pedicel 4–12 mm
Flower: sepals 6; petals 6, 2.5–4.5 mm, whitish, unlike, upper deeply lobed, lower very reduced; stamens 20–25, filaments not persistent in fruit
Fruit generally pendent, 3- parted
Seed 2–2.2 mm, rough
Chromosomes: n=6; 2n=12,14
Ecology: Disturbed ground
Elevation: < 100 m.
Bioregional distribution: Central Coast, South Coast
Distribution outside California: native to Mediterranean; possibly only waif in California