Common Name: ACANTHUS FAMILY Habit: [Annual, perennial herb to] shrub, [tree], nodes generally swollen. Leaf: simple, generally opposite, entire (toothed [lobed]); stipules 0. Inflorescence: variable, with bracts, generally also bractlets. Flower: bisexual; calyx deeply (3)4--5 lobed [(sepals free)]; corolla 4--5 lobed, radial to 2-lipped; stamens 2 or 4, epipetalous, anther sacs sometimes dissimilar in size or placement; ovary superior, 4--many-ovuled, chambers 1--2, placentas axile (free central), stigmas 1--2. Fruit: capsule, loculicidal, generally dehiscing explosively, valves 2. Seed: 1--4[+], each generally subtended by hook-like outgrowth that remains in fruit. Genera In Family: 220 genera, 4000 species: especially tropics; some ornamental: Justicia (Beloperone, shrimp-plant), Acanthus, Thunbergia. eFlora Treatment Author: Thomas F. Daniel, Margriet Wetherwax & Lawrence R. Heckard, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Habit: Subshrub, shrub. Inflorescence: generally spike- [or panicle-]like. Flower: corolla 4-lobed (but petals 5), tube < lobes, slender, barely wider at throat, uppermost lobe generally notched (2 petals +- entirely fused), 2 lateral ascending or reflexed, lowest +- keeled, included stamens, style; stamens 2, anther sacs +- equally placed on filament, opening toward uppermost lobe, not spurred. Fruit: compressed-ovoid; stalk +- flat. Seed: 4, disk-like, notched at base. Etymology: (Charles Wright, American botanical collector, 1811--1885) Reference: Daniel et al. 2008 Syst Bot 33:416--436 Unabridged Reference: Daniel 1988 Brittonia 40:245--255
Carlowrightia arizonica A. Gray
NATIVE Stem: multi-branched, < 1 m; hairs erect or recurved, minute. Leaf: variable in size, shape; blade generally < 5 cm, lanceolate to elliptic or cordate, puberulent; petiole 0--8 mm. Inflorescence: flowers 1--several per bract. Flower: calyx 1.5--5 mm, lobes 5, narrow-triangular; corolla 1--1.8 cm, white with yellow, maroon-streaked spot on upper lobe. Fruit: 7--11 mm, glabrous. Seed: 3--4 mm, tubercled; margin finely dentate. Chromosomes: 2n=36. Ecology: Rocky slopes; Elevation: +- 300 m. Bioregional Distribution: w DSon (Flat Cat, Palm canyons, Anza Borrego); Distribution Outside California: to Texas, Central America. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Jepson eFlora Author: Thomas F. Daniel, Margriet Wetherwax & Lawrence R. Heckard Reference: Daniel et al. 2008 Syst Bot 33:416--436 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Carlowrightia Next taxon: Justicia
Botanical illustration including Carlowrightia arizonica
Citation for this treatment: Thomas F. Daniel, Margriet Wetherwax & Lawrence R. Heckard 2012, Carlowrightia arizonica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17960, accessed on October 03, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on October 03, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Carlowrightia arizonica:
w DSon (Flat Cat, Palm canyons, Anza Borrego)
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