Jump to content

Tropidocarpum californicum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tropidocarpum californicum

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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,[2] 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.[3]

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.[3][4][5][6][7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Twisselmannia californica​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Tropidocarpum californicum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 2003). "Novon". v. 13 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 1999). "Novon". v. 9 1999. Retrieved 16 January 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
  7. ^ Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.