Achlys californica |
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California deer foot, deer's-foot, sweet after death, vanilla leaf |
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Habit | Plants, 3-5 dm. |
Leaves | petiole 1-3 cm. |
Inflorescences | 2.8-5.8 cm excluding peduncle. |
Flowers | stamens 3.8-6 mm; ovaries 1.5-2 mm. |
Central | leaflet blade ca. 7-16 × 8-17 cm, proximal margins entire, distal margins (3-)6-9(-12)-lobed. |
Follicles | brown, 3.5-5 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
Achlys californica |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul). |
Habitat | Coastal and mountainous regions, Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii forests |
Elevation | 0-1200 m (0-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Triploid plants have been reported from one locality in central Washington and from a site in northwestern California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Berberidaceae > Achlys |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Fukuda & H. G. Baker: Taxon 19: 341. (1970) |
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