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Wislizenia refracta

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Name

Identification
Wislizenia palmeri A.Gray [family CAPPARACEAE ] Wislizenia refracta Engelm. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Wislizenia refracta Engelm. [family CAPPARACEAE ]
Related name
  • Wislizenia costellata
  • Wislizenia palmeri
  • Wislizenia fruticosa
  • Wislizenia undesignated
  • Cleomella coulteri
  • Wislizenia californica
  • Wislizenia refracta

Flora

Entry for Wislizenia californica Greene [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 7,
Names
Wislizenia californica Greene [family CAPPARACEAE], Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 19: 130. 1906
Wislizenia refracta Engelmann subsp. californica (Greene) S. Keller [family CAPPARACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gordon C. Tucker
Information
Annuals, 40–240 cm. Stems puberulent or glabrous. Leaves: petiole 0.1–3 cm; leaflets 3, gray-green abaxially, yellowish green adaxially, blade obovate, 0.4–2(–3.5) × 0.4–2 cm, less than 2.8 times as long as wide, margins entire, apex rounded, surfaces puberulent. Racemes 1–1.5 cm (2–3 cm in fruit). Flowers: sepals green, lanceolate, 0.5–1.6 × 0.3–0.7 mm, more than 1.75 times as long as wide, margins entire, glabrous; petals yellow, oblong, 2.5–5 × 0.6–1.9 mm; stamens yellow, 2–9 mm; anthers 1.3–2.5 mm; gynophore ca. 5 mm in fruit, usually longer than pedicel. Schizocarps 1.4–3.4 × 1 mm. Seeds 0.5 × 0.3 mm. 2n = 40.
Phenology
jul-aug (summer), sep-oct (fall)
Altitude range
20–300 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.
Discussion
Wislizenia californica is known only from the San Joaquin Valley.

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