Staphylea bolanderi |
Staphylea trifolia |
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bladdernut, Sierra bladdernut |
American bladdernut, staphylier à trois folioles |
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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. | Plants suckering, 2–4(–5) m. Leaves: leaflet blades elliptic to widely obovate, 4.5–13 cm, margins serrulate to serrate, apex acuminate, abaxial surfaces ± villous, densely when young, adaxial glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
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. |
campanulate; sepals pale greenish, greenish pink to pale pink to whitish, 4–7 mm; petals spatulate, 6–8 mm, apex recurved; filaments not or barely exserted, 6–8 mm, equal to or slightly longer than petals, basally villous; pistils villous, styles ± equal to stamens. |
Capsules | ellipsoid, (2.5–)3.5–4(–5.5) cm. |
obovoid, 3–5 cm. |
2n | = 72. |
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Staphylea bolanderi |
Staphylea trifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Chaparral, foothill woodlands, yellow pine forests, slopes, canyon sides | Deciduous forests, often humid, often at bases of rocky slopes, floodplain woods, thickets, stream banks |
Elevation | (200–)300–1400 m ((700–)1000–4600 ft) | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC
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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.) |
Leaves of Staphylea trifolia are sometimes 5-foliolate. The relationship of Staphylea trifolia with the northern Mexican S. pringlei S. Watson remains to be determined. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 8. | FNA vol. 9, p. 8. |
Parent taxa | Staphyleaceae > Staphylea | Staphyleaceae > Staphylea |
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 69. (1874) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 270. (1753) |
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