Common Name: BLADDERNUT FAMILY Habit: [Perennial herb], shrub, tree; [some monoecious or dioecious]. Leaf: generally opposite, pinnately compound, generally stipuled; leaflets generally toothed. Inflorescence: panicle [raceme], drooping. Flower: radial; sepals 5, free or fused at base, often petal-like; petals 5, free; stamens 5, alternate petals, often attached to disk; ovary superior, chambers 2--4, each with 1--12 ovules in 2 rows. Fruit: generally inflated capsule with open top [follicles, drupe, berry]. Seed: generally 1--2 per chamber. Genera In Family: 5 genera, 50--60 species: northern temperate, Asia, Central America, South America; some cultivated for showy fruit (Staphylea), timber (Turpinia). Note: Most closely related to Crossosomataceae, Stachyuraceae. eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & James R. Shevock Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: BLADDERNUT Leaf: deciduous; leaflets generally 3. Flower: petals white or pink. Fruit: bladdery, deeply 3-lobed, pendent. Seed: spheric, light brown. Etymology: (Greek: cluster, from inflorescence)
Staphylea bolanderi A. Gray
NATIVE Habit: Shrub, small tree, 2--6 m, glabrous. Leaf: leaflets 2.5--6 cm, widely ovate to round, finely serrate. Inflorescence: generally appearing before or with leaves. Flower: sepals 8--10 mm, white; petals 10--12 mm, white; stamens well exserted. Fruit: 2.5--5 cm, prominently horned. Seed: 5--7 mm, +- obovoid, light brown, smooth. Ecology: Wooded or shrubby slopes; Elevation: 240--1720 m. Bioregional Distribution: e KR, CaR, c&s SN. Flowering Time: Mar--May Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & James R. Shevock Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Staphylea Next taxon: Styracaceae
Botanical illustration including Staphylea bolanderi
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & James R. Shevock 2012, Staphylea bolanderi, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=45426, 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.
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