Key to Eremalche
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(For a list of species in Eremalche, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Leaves crenate 
Pertaining to margins with shallow, rounded teeth, between which are usually acute sinuses (i.e., scalloped)
to coarsely
dentate 
Having margins with sharp, relatively coarse teeth pointing outward, not tipward.
;
petal base with area of different color;
fruit segments generally 25–35, 2.8–3.5 mm
..... E. rotundifolia 1' Leaves
palmately lobed to
dissected; petal base without area of different color; fruit segments 9–22, 1.4–2 mm
2. Stem prostrate 
Lying flat on the ground.
to
decumbent 
lying mostly flat on the ground but with tips curving up.
;
petals 4–5.5 mm, ± =
calyx; plant with
bisexual 
Both male and female reproductive parts occurring and functional in the same plant or structure (e.g., flower, spikelet, inflorescence).
flowers
..... E. exilis 2' Stem generally ±
erect 
Upright; vertically oriented.
; petals 3–25 mm, often >> calyx; plant with bisexual or occasionally only
pistillate flowers
..... E. parryi 3. Calyx 3–10 mm,
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.
1.5–3.5 mm wide; plant with pistillate or bisexual flowers
..... subsp. kernensis
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