Staphylea bolanderi |
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bladdernut, Sierra bladdernut |
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Habit | Plants 2–6 m. Leaves: leaflet blades widely ovate to widely elliptic or ± round, (2–)2.5–8(–15) cm, margins crenulate-serrulate, apex short-acuminate to apiculate, glabrous. |
Flowers | cylindro-campanulate; sepals white, 5–7(–9) mm; petals narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 7–8(–12) mm, apex not recurved; filaments exserted, 9–10(–15) mm, longer than petals, glabrous; pistils glabrous, styles equal to or surpassing stamens. |
Capsules | ellipsoid, (2.5–)3.5–4(–5.5) cm. |
Staphylea bolanderi |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Chaparral, foothill woodlands, yellow pine forests, slopes, canyon sides |
Elevation | (200–)300–1400 m ((700–)1000–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Staphylea bolanderi occurs in the foothills and at the lower elevations of the Cascades and Klamath ranges, the Sierra Nevada, and the Tehachapi Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 8. |
Parent taxa | Staphyleaceae > Staphylea |
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 69. (1874) |
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