Common Name: LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, generally rhizomed, of +- wet places. Leaf: simple, alternate; stipules generally fused to petiole. Inflorescence: spike [raceme], dense, many-flowered, generally terminal, subtended by involucre of petal-like bracts [or not], each flower generally subtended by 1 bract. Flower: small, bisexual; perianth 0; stamens [3]6(8), appearing to arise from inflorescence axis [or not]; ovary inferior [or superior], sunken into inflorescence axis [or not], compound, chamber generally 1 [or carpels fused only at base]; styles 3--4[5(7)], distinct. Fruit: capsule, +- fleshy, dehiscent near top [or mericarps]. Seed: [1 or] many, spheric or ovoid. Genera In Family: 5 genera, 7 species: eastern Asia, North America. eFlora Treatment Author: John W. Thieret & Elizabeth McClintock, final revision by Thomas J. Rosatti Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
NATIVE Habit: Rhizome thick, woody. Stem: 8--80 cm, hollow, glabrous or hairy. Leaf: basal several, blade 3--20 cm, elliptic to oblong, base cordate or not, petiole 2--40 cm; cauline < basal, 1--few, 1 ovate, generally subsessile to clasping, subtending 1--3 with short petioles or not. Inflorescence: 1--4 cm, conic; involucre bracts 4--9, 0.3--3.5 cm, petal-like, white, often tinged +- red; flower bracts 3.5--6 mm, +- spoon-shaped, white. Ecology: Common. Saline or alkaline soil, wet or moist areas, seeps, springs; Elevation: < 2000 m. Bioregional Distribution: CaRH, s SN, Teh(?), sw ScV, SnJV, CW, SCo, ChI, WTR, SnGb(?), SnBr(?), PR, SNE, DMoj, DSon(?); Distribution Outside California: to Oregon, Kansas, Texas, northwestern Mexico. Flowering Time: Mar--Sep Note: Plants aromatic, once used to treat diseases of skin, blood. Synonyms: Anemopsis californica var. subglabra Kelso Jepson eFlora Author: John W. Thieret & Elizabeth McClintock, final revision by Thomas J. Rosatti Reference: Howell 1971 Wasmann J Biol 29:97--100 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Anemopsis Next taxon: Ceratophyllaceae
Botanical illustration including Anemopsis californica
Citation for this treatment: John W. Thieret & Elizabeth McClintock, final revision by Thomas J. Rosatti 2012, Anemopsis californica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=13392, accessed on February 02, 2023.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2023, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on February 02, 2023.
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