Boykinia rotundifolia |
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round leaf boykinia, roundleaf brookfoam, roundleafed brookfoam |
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Habit | Plants: rhizomes proliferating underground. |
Flowering stems | (30–)50–80(–130) cm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 5–22 cm; blade usually orbiculate-cordate, sometimes reniform, shallowly and indistinctly lobed, (3.5–)7–16 × (4–)9–18 cm, margins 2–3-times serrate. |
Cauline leaves | stipules 1–2 mm expansions of petiole base, fringed with brown hairs. |
Inflorescences | ± pyramidal, (10–)15–25-flowered per primary branch. |
Pedicels | densely stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | hypanthium campanulate, free portion 1–2 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, triangular to lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute; petals narrowly spatulate, 2–3 × 1 mm, shorter than or to 1.5 times as long as sepals, base tapered to claw, margins plane; nectary green; stamens 1.2–1.6 mm; ovary 2/3 inferior. |
Capsules | ovoid, turbinate, or urceolate. |
Seeds | usually black, tuberculate. |
2n | = 14. |
Boykinia rotundifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering early-mid summer. |
Habitat | Damp woodlands, margins of lakes, ponds, and watercourses, often on disturbed soil, trailsides, mudslides |
Elevation | 800-2000 m (2600-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | The record of Boykinia rotundifolia from “Lower California” (Williamson, 20 July 1901, PH) is the only collection seen from Mexico. The species is occasionally grown in gardens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 128. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Boykinia |
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Synonyms | Therofon rotundifolium |
Name authority | Parry ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 13: 371. (1878) |
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