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Chamaesaracha coronopus


Higher Taxonomy
Family: SolanaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: NIGHTSHADE FAMILY
Habit: Annual to shrub. Leaf: generally simple, generally alternate, generally petioled; stipules 0; blade entire to deeply lobed. Inflorescence: various. Flower: bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla +- radial, cylindric to rotate, lobes generally 5; stamens 5, on corolla tube, alternate lobes; ovary superior, generally 2-chambered, style 1. Fruit: berry, loculicidal or septicidal capsule, [(drupe)], 2--5-chambered.
Genera In Family: 75 genera, 3000 species: worldwide, especially +- tropics; many alien weeds in California; many cultivated for food, drugs, or ornamental (potato, tomato, peppers, tobacco, petunia). Toxicity: many TOXIC. Note: Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn. is a waif.
eFlora Treatment Author: Michael H. Nee
Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Genus: ChamaesarachaView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Habit: Perennial herb; hairs +- scale-like. Stem: decumbent, branched. Leaf: entire to +- deeply pinnately lobed. Inflorescence: axillary, cluster, 1--5-flowered. Flower: calyx in fruit +- enlarged but not bladder-like, open at top; corolla +- rotate, tomentose between stamen bases; anthers free, generally < filaments, opening by slits; style 1. Fruit: berry, spheric, partly enclosed by calyx. Seed: +- flat, reniform.
Etymology: (Greek: low Saracha, a South American genus in family)
Unabridged Reference: Averett 1973 Rhodora 75:325--365
Chamaesaracha coronopus (Dunal) A. Gray
NATIVE
Stem: many from base, 10--50 cm. Leaf: 20--65 mm. Inflorescence: pedicel +- 1 cm, in fruit < 2 cm, reflexed. Flower: calyx 3--5 mm, in fruit 5--10 mm, lobes in fruit 2 mm; corolla dirty- or green-white; filaments 3 mm. Fruit: 5--8 mm wide. Seed: 3 mm. Chromosomes: n=12,24,36.
Ecology: Dry, clay soil; Elevation: +- 1500 m. Bioregional Distribution: e DMtns (New York Mtns); Distribution Outside California: to Utah, Texas, northern Mexico. Flowering Time: May--Jul
Jepson eFlora Author: Michael H. Nee
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Citation for this treatment: Michael H. Nee 2012, Chamaesaracha coronopus, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=18889, accessed on December 04, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 04, 2024.

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Geographic subdivisions for Chamaesaracha coronopus:
e DMtns (New York Mtns)
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