Habit: Rhizomes prostrate, branched, not stoloned.
Leaf: blade generally ovate to round.
Flower: sepals persistent; petals 10--20, stamen-like, thick, oblong to thin, spoon-shaped; stamens many, generally yellow, attached to receptacle, erect to incurved at dehiscence; ovary > stamens.
Seed: ovoid, not arilled.
Species In Genus: +- 8 species: northern temperate.
Etymology: (Arabic name)
Jepson eFlora Author: John H. Wiersema
Reference: Padgett 2007 Rhodora 109:1--95
Unabridged Reference: Padgett et al. 1999 Amer J Bot 86:1316--1324Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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