Scrophularia californica

Chamisso & Schlechtendal

Linnaea 2: 585. 1827.

Illustrated
Synonyms: Scrophularia californica subsp. floribunda (Greene) R. J. Shaw S. californica var. floribunda Greene S. californica var. oregana (Pennell) B. Boivin S. multiflora Pennell S. oregana Pennell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 343. Mentioned on page 101, 340, 344.
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Herbs, perennial, 8–12 dm; herbage light green to dark green, glandular-pubescent. Leaves: petiole length 1/3–1/2 blade; blade deltate or ovate to lanceolate, 8–17 cm, length 1.5–3 times width, base cordate to truncate, sometimes cuneate, margins serrate or dentate, sometimes incised. Pedicels slender to moderately stout, glabrate or stipitate-glandular. Flowers: corolla red, brown-red, or green, unicolored or ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 8–12 mm, throat narrow to open; staminode red, brown-red, or green, clavate to obovate, length greater than width, apex sometimes acute. 2n = ca. 90–96.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Relatively damp places on slopes, chaparral, woodlands, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–2500 m.

Distribution

B.C., Ariz., Calif., Oreg., Wash., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Subspecies (or var.) floribunda, characteristically from inland and drier areas, may be part of a complex of infraspecific diversity within Scrophularia californica needing investigation.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"greater than width" is not a number.

... more about "Scrophularia californica"
Kim R. Kersh +
Chamisso & Schlechtendal +
cuneate +, cordate +  and truncate +
ovate;lanceolate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
campanulate +
woody +  and herbaceous +
decussate;opposite +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
paler +, bicolored +, unicolored +, green +, brown-red +  and red +
constricted +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
0–2500 m. +
curved +  and straight +
not +  and abundant +
glandular-puberulent +
Relatively damp places on slopes, chaparral, woodlands, roadsides. +
light green +  and dark green +
glandular-pubescent +
axillary +, subterminal +  and terminal +
alternate +  and opposite +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
triangular-ovate +  and lanceolate +
dentate +  and serrate +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrate +
slender +  and moderately stout +
1/3 +  and 1/2 +
Flowering Mar–Jul. +
black +  and brown +
oblong-ovoid +
connate +  and distinct +
Illustrated +
green +, brown-red +  and red +
clavate;obovate +
villous +, puberulent +, glandular-pubescent +, glabrate +  and glabrous +
2-lobed +  and capitate +
Scrophularia californica subsp. floribunda +, S. californica var. floribunda +, S. californica var. oregana +, S. multiflora +  and S. oregana +
Scrophularia californica +
Scrophularia +
species +