View source for Mucronea ← Mucronea You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Mucronea |accepted_authority=Bentham |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London |place=17: 405, 419, plate 20. 1836 |year=1836 }} |common_names=California spineflower |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Chorizanthe sect. Mucronea |authority=(Bentham) A. Gray |rank=section }} |hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae;Mucronea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mucronea]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin mucronis, sharp point, alluding to awns of bracts and involucres |volume=Volume 5 |mention_page=page 219, 220, 446 |treatment_page=page 470 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual; taproot slender. <b>Stems</b> arising directly from the root, erect to spreading, solid, not fistulose or disarticulating into ringlike segments, sparsely glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> usually quickly deciduous, basal, rosulate; petiole absent; blade spatulate to obovate, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, cymose, uniparous due to suppression of secondaries; branches dichotomous, not brittle or disarticulating into segments, round, sparsely glandular-pubescent; bracts 3(–5), positioned to side of node or perfoliate and completely but unequally surrounding node, connate nearly completely, triangular to ovate or oblong, awned, sparsely glandular-pubescent. <b>Peduncles</b> absent. <b>Involucres</b> 1–3 per node, tubular, cylindric, (2–)3–4-angled, slightly ventricose on the angles in some; teeth (2–)3–4, awn-tipped. <b>Flowers</b> 1(–2) per involucre; perianth white to pink, campanulate when open, cylindric when closed, pubescent abaxially; tepals 6, connate ca. 1/3 their length, monomorphic, entire or erose to fimbriate apically; stamens 6–9; filaments free, glabrous; anthers pink to red, oblong. <b>Achenes</b> mostly included, brown to black, not winged, globose-lenticular, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b>: embryo straight. <b>x</b> = 19.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Calif. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescence bracts positioned to side of node, involucres 1-3 per node, 2.5-5(-7) mm,bracts (2-)3(-4), awns (0.5-)1-2.5 (3) mm; flowers 1-2; tepals entire apically |[[Mucronea californica|Mucronea californica]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescence bracts perfoliate; involucres 1 per node, 3-5(-6) mm, bracts 4, awns (0.3-)0.5-1.2 mm; flowers 1; tepals entire to fimbriate apically |[[Mucronea perfoliata|Mucronea perfoliata]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Mucronea |author=James L. Reveal |authority=Bentham |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms=Chorizanthe sect. Mucronea |basionyms= |family=Polygonaceae |distribution=Calif. |reference=None |publication title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London |publication year=1836 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_988.xml |subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae |genus=Mucronea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Polygonaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Mucronea.