Common Name: FIGWORT FAMILY Habit: Annual to tree, generally glandular, some +- aquatic. Stem: round to square in ×-section. Leaf: simple, generally alternate, generally +- entire; stipules generally 0 (present in Limosella). Inflorescence: spike to panicle (head-like), generally bracted, or flowers 1--4 in axils. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx lobes 4--5; corolla bilateral to radial, lobes 4--5; stamens epipetalous, 4--5[6--8], 5th a staminode in Scrophularia; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2. Fruit: capsule, generally +- ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal, or drupe-like. Genera In Family: +- 65 genera, 1700 species: +- worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (Verbascum). Note: Other taxa moved to Plantaginaceae (Antirrhinum, Bacopa, Collinsia, Cymbalaria, Digitalis, Dopatrium, Gambelia, Gratiola, Hebe, Holmgrenanthe, Keckiella, Kickxia, Limnophila, Linaria, Lindernia, Maurandella, Mohavea, Nothochelone, Penstemon, Pseudorontium, Stemodia, Synthyris, Tonella, Veronica), Orobanchaceae (Bellardia, Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Parentucellia, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Diplacus, Erythranthe, Mimetanthe, Mimulus). eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Habit: Erect [prostrate] shrub, tree; glabrous. Leaf: alternate [opposite], evergreen, petioled [sessile], entire or toothed, with conspicuous, embedded, generally translucent glands. Inflorescence: axillary clusters [or 1]. Flower: bisexual, radial [to bilateral]; calyx 5-lobed, lobes +- equal; corolla lobes equal [distal < proximal]; stamens 4 [5--8], anthers generally exserted; ovary [2]4-chambered, ovules 1--2 per chamber, style 1, stigmas 1--2. Fruit: indehiscent, dry to drupe-like. Etymology: (Greek: from glandular pores on leaves) Note:Myoporum acuminatum R. Br., Myoporum parvifolium R. Br. reported in San Diego Co., cultivated, doubtfully naturalized. Treated in Myoporaceae in TJM (1993). eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock Reference: Chinnock 2007 Myoporaceae. Rosenberg Publishing
Myoporum laetum G. Forst.
NATURALIZED Habit: Plant 3--10 m, much-branched, broadly spreading; twig tips, young leaves +- bronze-green, sticky. Leaf: < 10 cm, generally lanceolate, finely serrate distally, bright green, +- fleshy. Inflorescence: flowers 2--4 per axil. Flower: corolla +- 10 mm diam, +- bell-shaped, white, purple-spotted, tube 3.5--4.5 mm, lobes 4--5.5 mm, glabrous abaxially, long-hairy adaxially. Fruit: 5--10 mm, ovoid, fleshy, pale to dark red-purple. Seed: 1 per chamber, 3--3.5 mm, oblong. Ecology: Open areas in grassland, scrub, riparian habitats, generally coastal; Elevation: < 460 m. Bioregional Distribution: CCo, SCo, ChI, reported from NCo (Sonoma Co.); Distribution Outside California: native to New Zealand. Toxicity: TOXIC: leaves, fruits may be fatal to livestock. Flowering Time: Early spring Note: Commonly cultivated near coast. Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock Reference: Chinnock 2007 Myoporaceae. Rosenberg Publishing Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) View the CDFA Pest Rating page for Myoporum laetum Weed listed by Cal-IPC Previous taxon: Myoporum Next taxon: Scrophularia
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock 2012, Myoporum laetum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=34200, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Myoporum laetum:
CCo, SCo, ChI, reported from NCo (Sonoma Co.)
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