Tropidocarpum californicum
| Tropidocarpum californicum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Tropidocarpum |
| Species: | T. californicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidocarpum californicum (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Twisselmannia californica Al-Shehbaz | |
Tropidocarpum californicum, the king's gold,[1] is a plant species endemic to a small region in California. It is known from only Kern and King counties in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley.[2]
Tropidocarpum californicum is an ascending or decumbent herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are up to 6 cm long, getting smaller the further up the stem. Flowers are yellow. fruits triangular.[2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Twisselmannia californica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- 1 2 Flora of North America v 7 p 533.
- ↑ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 2003. Novon 13(4): 393.
- ↑ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 1999. Novon 9(2): 133–135, f. 1.
- ↑ Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
- ↑ Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.
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