familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusChorizanthe
subgenusChorizanthe subg. Amphietes
speciesChorizanthe pungens
Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens
Common names: Monterey spineflower
IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 453.
Illustrator:
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Plants prostrate to slightly ascending, 0.5–1.5 × 0.5–10 dm. Involucres: margins white (rarely pinkish), scarious. 2n = 40.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy places, coastal scrub communities, oak woodlands
Elevation: 0-70 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Variety pungens is restricted to coastal regions of west-central California. It is rare and infrequent. A collection made by William Gambel in the 1840s suggests that the variety once occurred at San Simeon in extreme northern San Luis Obispo County; it is not known whether this is a labeling error or an indication of past distribution. Monterey spineflower is federally listed as threatened.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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not winged +
dark-brown +
included +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
globose-lenticular +
2mm;2.5mm +
dehiscing +
ovate +
alternating +
long +
absent +
reduced +
distal +
stipelike +
entire +
villous +
oblanceolate +
short-petiolate +
leaflike +
opposite +
aciculate +
deciduous +
distinct +
absent +
acerose +
connate +
brittle +
free +
aerial +
pubescent +
round +
woody +
Monterey spineflower +
Calif. +
nuclear +
abundant +
distinct +
glabrous +
white +
pedicellate +
exserted +
pubescent +
bisexual +
disarticulating +
aerial +
fistulose +
slender +
homocarpic +
Present +
bractlike +
capitate +
racemose +
grayish +
dense +
axillary +
enclosed +
6-ribbed +
corrugate +
grayish +
villous +
nonmembranous +
basal +
bractlike +
anterior +
continuous +
white +
distinct +
scarious +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
basal +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
cluster +
reflexed +
absent +
erect to deflexed +
winged +
bicolored +
persistent +
pubescent +
pustulose +
accrescent +
absent +
indistinct +
reduced +
Trans. Linn. Soc. London +
1836 +
fibrous +
suppressed +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
recurved +
exserted +
absent +
not disarticulating +
scandent +
absent +
pubescent +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
arranged +
involucral +
absent +
distinct +
erect;spreading +
spreading;erect +
Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens +
Chorizanthe pungens +
variety +
absent +
monomorphic +
entire +
connate +
dimorphic +
pubescent +
coriaceous +
awn-tipped +
divergent +
shallow +
connate +
spreading +
unequal +
equal +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
homophyllous +
annual +
prostrate;slightly ascending +
grayish-villous +
polycarpic +
0.5dm;10dm +