Flora of North America species comparison

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Chorizanthe biloba var. biloba
Photo is of parent taxon

two lobed spineflower, two-lobe spineflower
Outer tepals

deeply 2-lobed, occasionally erose apically.
2n

= 40.

Chorizanthe biloba var. biloba
Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Sandy, gravelly or clay soils, grassland communities, pine-oak woodlands
Elevation 200-700 m (700-2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety biloba is found from the eastern foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains of Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties eastward to the western foothills of the Diablo, La Panza, and Temblor ranges, and in extreme western Fresno County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 458.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Chorizanthe > subg. Amphietes > sect. Ptelosepala > Chorizanthe biloba
Sibling taxa
C. biloba var. immemora
Name authority unknown
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