Synthyris cordata
Muhlenbergia 1: 4. 1900.
Common names: Snow queen
Endemic
Basionym: Synthyris reniformis var. cordata A. Gray in W. H. Brewer et al. Bot. California 1: 571. 1876
Synonyms: Veronica californica M. M. Martínez Ort. & Albach
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Leaves persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand; blade ovate to ovate-cordate, 25+ mm wide, leathery, base lobate to cordate, margins incised-crenate, teeth apices acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or hairy; basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral-veins 2–4 on each side of midvein. Racemes decumbent, to 14 cm in fruit; sterile bracts usually 0; flowers 5–10, loosely aggregated. Sepals 4. Petals (3 or) 4 (or 5), apex entire or erose; corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous. Stamens epipetalous. Ovaries: ovules 4. Capsules sparsely hairy on margins.
Phenology: Flowering Feb–Apr; fruiting Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Forests.
Elevation: 100–1000 m.
Discussion
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hypogynous +
simple +
lobate;cordate +
ovate;ovate-cordate +
leathery +
absent +
sterile +
absent +
symmetric +
campanulate +
hairy +
Snow queen +
regular +
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blue +
much longer +
rudimentary +
glabrous +
campanulate +
boat-shaped +
drupe-like +
absent +
glabrous +
aggregated +
bisexual +
loculicidal +
basipetal +
flattened +
axillary +
persistent +
basal +
absent +
ovate;lanceolate +
incised-crenate +
axile +
parietal +
spiciform +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
absent +
2-carpellate +
Muhlenbergia +
1900 +
decumbent +
absent +
brown +
2;40 +
connate +
Endemic +
epipetalous +
absent +
equal +
horizontal;erect +
absent +
glabrous +
capitate +
absent +
Synthyris cordata +
Synthyris +
species +
conspicuous +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
autotrophic +
fleshy +
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