Enemion occidentale
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 160. 1920.
Common names: Western rue-anemone
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Isopyrum occidentale Hooker & Arnott Bot. Beechey Voy., 316. 1841
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Stems 10-40 cm, cespitose, not rhizomatous; roots tuberous. Leaves abaxially glabrous; leaflets irregularly 2-3-lobed, lobes often with 1-3 secondary lobes; apex rounded, glandular-apiculate. Inflorescences axillary, flowers solitary or loosely grouped in 2-3-flowered leafy cymes; peduncle not strongly clavate. Flowers: sepals (5-) 7-11.5 × 2.8-7 mm; stamens 20-40; filaments filiform to club-shaped, 2.2-6 mm. Follicles sessile, upright to widely divergent; body oblong, (7.7-) 8.5-11.5 mm, abruptly contracted into style beak; beak 0.8-1.7 mm. Seeds 1.5-2 mm, glabrous.
Phenology: Flowering early spring.
Habitat: Shaded places, oak woodland, chaparral, and coniferous and deciduous woods
Elevation: 200-1500 m
Discussion
Enemion occidentale is endemic to California where it is infrequent and local (P. A. Munz 1959).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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dehiscing +
glandular-apiculate +
rounded +
terminal +
contracted +
oblong +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
alternate +
Western rue-anemone +
Calif. +
small +
abundant +
2-10-flowered +
symmetric +
bisexual +
sessile +
divergent +
upright +
Present +
axillary +
compound +
undivided +
divided +
glabrous +
2-3-lobed +
entire;deeply 3-notched +
absent +
2;6 +
clavate +
hypogynous +
distinct +
absent +
conspicuous +
0;26 +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
petiolate +
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew +
1920 +
2-10-flowered +
woody +
tuberous +
reddish-brown +
glabrous +
1;many +
rugulose +
ovoid +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
tinged pinkish;white +
not persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
distinct +
20;40 +
absent +
not rhizomatous +
cespitose +
absent +
persistent +
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