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Pogogyne serpylloides

THYMELEAF BEARDSTYLE


Higher Taxonomy
Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae)View DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: MINT FAMILY
Habit: Annual to shrub [tree, vine], glabrous to hairy, generally aromatic. Stem: generally erect, generally 4-angled. Leaf: generally simple to deeply lobed, generally opposite, generally gland-dotted. Inflorescence: generally cymes, generally many in dense axillary clusters surrounding stem, generally separated by evident internodes or collectively crowded, spike- or panicle-like, occasionally head-like or raceme, subtended by leaves or bracts; flowers sessile or pedicelled. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx generally 5-lobed, radial to bilateral; corolla generally bilateral, 1--2-lipped, upper lip entire or 2-lobed, +- flat to hood-like, occasionally 0, lower lip generally 3-lobed; stamens generally 4, epipetalous, generally exserted, paired, pairs generally unequal, occasionally 2, staminodes 2 or 0; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed to base chambers 2, ovules 2 per chamber, style 1, generally arising from center at junction of lobes, stigmas generally 2. Fruit: generally 4 nutlets, generally ovoid to oblong, smooth.
Genera In Family: +- 230 genera, 7200 species: worldwide. Many cultivated for herbs, oils (Lavandula, lavender; Mentha, mint; Rosmarinus, rosemary; Thymus, thyme), some cultivated as ornamental (in California Cedronella, Leonotis, Monarda, Phlomis). Note: Moluccella laevis L., shell flower, historical waif in California. Satureja calamintha (L.) Scheele subsp. ascendens (Jordan) Briq. reported as alien but not naturalized. Salazaria moved to Scutellaria; California Hyptis moved to Condea, California Satureja moved to Clinopodium.
eFlora Treatment Author: Dieter H. Wilken & Margriet Wetherwax, family description, key to genera, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Genus: PogogyneView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Common Name: BEARDSTYLE, MESA MINT
Habit: Annual, hairy or not, gland-dotted, aromatic. Stem: decumbent to erect, branched or not, 2.5--45 cm. Leaf: linear to round, entire to toothed, bristly-ciliate or not; short-petioled. Inflorescence: clusters of opposite cymes, head-like, spike-like, or interrupted, terminal and axillary, or flowers 1 in axils; bracts 2 or more per node, bristly-ciliate or not. Flower: +- sessile, calyx 2-lipped, lobes 5, deep, ciliate or not, tip extensions 0 to long, outer surface glabrous to coarsely hairy; corolla 2-lipped, lavender to purple or white, raised area on lower lip occasionally spotted; stamens 2--4, upper 2 sterile and vestigial or 0 in some taxa; style hairy below stigma lobes. Fruit: hairy.
Etymology: (Greek: bearded style)
Unabridged Note: Pogogyne tenuiflora Gray known only from the type collection made in 1875 (GH 1496): Guadalupe Island, Baja California.
eFlora Treatment Author: Michael Silveira, Michael G. Simpson & James D. Jokerst
Reference: Howell 1931 Proc Calif Acad Sci 20:105--128
Pogogyne serpylloides (Torr.) A. Gray
NATIVE
Habit: Plant inconspicuous. Stem: generally prostrate to decumbent, 2.5--20 cm, +- 0.5 mm diam, generally branched, slender. Inflorescence: clusters, head-like, small, dense, terminal and axillary, or flowers 1 in distal axils. Flower: calyx tube 1--3.5 mm, lobes 1.5--4 mm; corolla 2.5--5 mm, lavender; stamens 2--4, upper 2 vestigial or 0; style sparsely hairy just below stigma lobes. Fruit: 1--1.3 mm. Chromosomes: 2n=38.
Ecology: Grassy, brushy areas; Elevation: < 1200 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCoR, n&c SNF, SnFrB, SCoRO. Flowering Time: Mar--Jun
Synonyms: Pogogyne serpylloides subsp. intermedia J.T. Howell
Jepson eFlora Author: Michael Silveira, Michael G. Simpson & James D. Jokerst
Reference: Howell 1931 Proc Calif Acad Sci 20:105--128
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Citation for this treatment: Michael Silveira, Michael G. Simpson & James D. Jokerst 2012, Pogogyne serpylloides, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=38939, accessed on December 02, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 02, 2024.

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