Plants prostrate to spreading or somewhat erect. Leaf blades lanceolate to ovate or spatulate. Stems not disarticulating at each node. Inflorescences: bracts with or without awns. Involucres cylindric, campanulate, or urceolate, occasionally ventricose basally, 3-angled, 6-ribbed, 6-toothed, with or without membranous or scarious margins continuous across sinuses; awns unequal, typically with anterior one longest. Flowers 1; perianth white, yellow, rose, red, maroon, dark purple, or lavender, thinly pubescent; stamens 3–9; filaments adnate at base of floral tube. Achenes light brown to dark brown, lenticular or globose-lenticular.

Distribution

w United States, nw Mexico.

Discussion

Species 31 (25 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Chorizanthe angustifolia, Chorizanthe biloba, Chorizanthe blakleyi, Chorizanthe breweri, Chorizanthe clevelandii, Chorizanthe cuspidata, Chorizanthe diffusa, Chorizanthe douglasii, Chorizanthe fimbriata, Chorizanthe howellii, Chorizanthe leptotheca, Chorizanthe obovata, Chorizanthe palmeri, Chorizanthe parryi, Chorizanthe procumbens, Chorizanthe pungens, Chorizanthe rectispina, Chorizanthe robusta, Chorizanthe staticoides, Chorizanthe stellulata, Chorizanthe uniaristata, Chorizanthe valida, Chorizanthe ventricosa, Chorizanthe wheeleri, Chorizanthe xanti