familyMalvaceae
subfamilyMalvaceae subfam. Bombacoideae
genusFremontodendron
speciesFremontodendron mexicanum
Fremontodendron mexicanum
Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 16: 50. 1917.
Conservation concern
Synonyms: Fremontia mexicana (Davidson) J. F. Macbride
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 193.
Plants erect, 15–60 dm. Leaf-blades 15–100 × 10–70 mm, base notably cordate. Pedicels 5–15 mm. Flowers 45–85 mm diam. (pressed); sepals usually orange, lobes sometimes reddish at bases and along veins, gland/pit borders rarely setose. Seeds rarely carunculate, usually glabrous.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Canyon slopes, chaparral
Elevation: 100–700 m
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Fremontodendron mexicanum is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
... more about "Fremontodendron mexicanum"
absent +
red +
pitted +
apiculate;attenuate +
red +
pitted +
cordate +
veined +
lobed +
hairy +
connate +
sparse;copious +
caducous +
absent +
3-lobed +
connate +
actinomorphic +
bisexual +
indehiscent +
syncarpous +
(1-)3-7-veined +
stellate +
leaf-opposed +
deciduous +
lobed +
10mm;70mm +
stipulate +
spiral +
reddish +
sessile +
(1-)2-many +
absent +
setose +
Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
1917 +
carunculate +
glabrous +
2;3 +
petaloid +
orange +
connate +
Conservation concern +
connate +
absent +
hairy +
Fremontodendron mexicanum +
Fremontodendron +
species +
stellate-hairy +