Chrysolepis sempervirens
Bot. Not. 113: 377. 1960.
Common names: Bush golden chinquapin Sierra chinkapin
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Castanea sempervirens Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 71. 1855
Synonyms: Castanopsis sempervirens (Kellogg) Dudley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Shrubs, rhizomatous-spreading, 0.2-1 (-2.5) m. Bark gray or brown, thin, smooth. Twigs densely covered with tight, yellowish, peltate trichomes. Leaves: petiole 10-15 mm. Leaf-blade oblong to oblanceolate, to 75 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse, occasionally somewhat acute; surfaces abaxially rusty or golden pubescent, often becoming glabrate and glaucous with age. Fruits: cupule yellowish, 20-60 mm thick, densely spiny, surface obscured; nut light-brown, 8-13 mm, glabrous, completely enclosed by cupule until maturity.
Phenology: Flowering summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat: Rocky slopes, chaparral, conifer forest, mostly at high elevations
Elevation: 0-3300 m
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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