Key to Mucronea
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(For a list of species in Mucronea, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Bracts fused, on ± 1 side of
node 
Position on a stem from which one or more structures (especially leaves, buds, branches, or flowers) arise.
;
involucres 1–3;
involucre 
Group of bracts more or less held together as a unit, subtending a flower, fruit (acorn cup), or inflorescence.
teeth (2)3(4), 2.5–5(7) mm; involucre
awns 
1. Bristle-like appendage or elongation, generally terminal. 2. Stiff, needle-like pappus element in Asteraceae.
(0.5)1–2.5(3) mm; flowers 1–2;
perianth lobes 
1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.
entire 
Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).
..... M. californica 1' Bracts fused, around node; involucres 1; involucre teeth 4, 3–5(6) mm; involucre awns (0.3)0.5–1.2 mm; flowers 1; perianth lobes
fringed 
Having ragged or finely cut margins.
, occasionally entire or 2-lobed
..... M. perfoliata
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