View source for Lythrum californicum

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|accepted_name=Lythrum californicum
|accepted_authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 482. 1840
|year=1840
}}
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lythrum alatum var. breviflorum
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
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|name=L. alatum var. linearifolium
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
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|name=L. breviflorum
|authority=(A. Gray) S. Watson
|rank=species
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|name=L. linearifolium
|authority=(A. Gray) Small
|rank=species
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|name=L. parvulum
|authority=Nieuwland
|rank=species
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|name=L. sanfordii
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Lythraceae;Lythrum;Lythrum californicum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lythraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lythrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lythrum californicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, slender, 5–10(–15) dm, whitish gray glaucous, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect, much-branched distally. <b>Leaves</b> mostly alternate, sometimes opposite proximally, branch leaves gradually smaller than those on main stem; sessile; blade oblong-lanceolate proximally, mostly linear or linear-oblong distally, 7–60 × 1–7 mm, base rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes. <b>Flowers</b> alternate, subsessile, pedicel stout, distylous; floral tube cylindrical, 5–7 × 1–1.5 mm; epicalyx segments equal or to 2 times length of sepals; petals bright rose purple, obovate, 4–6 × 2–4.5 mm; nectary encircling base of ovary; stamens 6. <b>Capsules</b> septicidal or septifragal. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 50, obovoid to fusiform. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Wet or moist soil, margins of ponds, streams, in ditches, on salt flats.
|elevation=100–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Kans.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Utah;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León).
|discussion=<p>Lythrum californicum sometimes is difficult to distinguish from L. alatum; it generally has a more open vegetative habit with narrowly linear leaves. Problematic intermediates between L. californicum and L. alatum var. alatum occur in Kansas and Oklahoma, and between L. alatum var. lanceolatum and L. californicum in Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Prior to the recent recognition of L. junceum in California, older collections were identified as L. californicum.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lythrum californicum
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lythrum alatum var. breviflorum;L. alatum var. linearifolium;L. breviflorum;L. linearifolium;L. parvulum;L. sanfordii
|basionyms=
|family=Lythraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Wet or moist soil, margins of ponds, streams, in ditches, on salt flats.
|elevation=100–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Kans.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Utah;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León).
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1840
|special status=
|source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/1f4bf54ae2f7dbd5376c45b4fe1b388e15b53086/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_541.xml
|genus=Lythrum
|species=Lythrum californicum
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