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Anemopsis californica

lizard tail, yerba mansa
Habit Herbs, 8-80 cm, densely pubescent to nearly glabrous, producing stolons.
Basal leaves

5-60 cm;

petiole 2-40 cm;

blade elliptic-oblong, 1-25 × 1-12 cm, base cordate to obtuse, apex rounded.
Cauline leaves

dimorphic;

primary leaf 1(-2), usually bearing secondary leaves in axil;

blade sessile, broadly to narrowly ovate, 1-9 × 1-4 cm, base clasping, apex rounded to acute.
Spikes

erect, fragrant, conic, 1-4 cm, subtended by bracts;

bracts 4-9, white to reddish, petaloid, 5-35 × 5-15 mm.
Capsules

brown, 5-7 mm, coalescent but easily separable.
Seeds

brown, 1-1.5 × 0.8-1 mm, reticulate.
Secondary

leaves 1-4, 2-20 cm;

petiole 1-12 cm;

blade elliptic-oblong, 2-10 × 1-5 cm, base cordate to rounded, apex rounded to acute.
Floral

bracts white, ± orbiculate, 3.5-6 mm (distinct portion), clawed, each adnate to an ovary.
2n

= 22.

Anemopsis californica
Phenology Flowering early spring–summer.
Habitat Wet, alkaline, saline, and coastal marsh areas
Elevation 0-2000 m [0-6600 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; KS; NM; NV; OK; OR; TX; UT; n Mexico
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Discussion

Some American Indians used Anemopsis californica for a variety of medicinal purposes (D. E. Moerman 1986).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Saururaceae > Anemopsis
Synonyms family saururaceae Anemia californica, A. californica var. subglabra
Name authority (Nuttall) Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 390. (1840)
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