Flora of North America species comparison

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Torreya californica

California torreya, California-nutmeg
Habit Trees to 20(–25) m; trunk to 9(–12) dm diam.; crown conic or, in age, round-topped.
Branches

spreading to slightly drooping; 2-year-old branches reddish brown.
Leaves

3–8 cm, abaxial side with 2 deeply impressed, glaucous bands of stomates, flattened on adaxial side, emitting pungent odor when crushed.
Pollen cones

whitish.
Seed

(including aril) 2.5–3.5 cm;

aril light green streaked with purple.
2n

= 16.

Torreya californica
Habitat Rare and local along mountain streams, protected slopes, creek bottoms, and moist canyons of the Coastal Range and Sierra Nevada
Elevation 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Taxaceae > Torreya
Sibling taxa
T. taxifolia
Synonyms T. myristica, Tumion californicum
Name authority Torrey: New York J. Pharm. (1852–1854) 3: 49. (1854)
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