Triphysaria eriantha |
Triphysaria eriantha subsp. rosea |
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butter 'n' eggs, butter-and-eggs, johnny-tuck, johnny-tuck owl-clover |
johnny-tuck, pink butter 'n' eggs |
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Stems | simple or with 1–10 ascending branches proximally, 2–37 cm, glabrous proximally, puberulent to glandular-puberulent distally. |
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Leaves | puberulent to glandular-puberulent; proximal cauline: blade linear, 5–25 mm; cauline: blade ± ovate or obovate, 8–50 mm, base sessile, margins pinnatifid, rarely bipinnatifid, lateral lobes 2–11. |
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Pedicels | 0.3–0.5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | calyx 6–13 mm, puberulent to glandular-puberulent, tube 4–7 mm, lobes triangular to narrowly lanceolate, 1–4 × 1–1.5 mm; corolla yellow, rarely yellow and white, or white, fading to rose pink, 10–25 mm, densely hairy, beak dark purple, not hooked, abaxial lobes spreading, 2–5 mm, throat abruptly indented, forming a fold under abaxial corolla lip, adaxial lobes projecting; stamens included, pollen sac yellow, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous, dehiscing longitudinally; style 12–22 mm, glabrous; stigma capitate. |
corolla white, fading to rose pink. |
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Capsules | 4–8 × 2.5–4.5 mm, glabrous. |
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Seeds | 30–100, ovoid, 0.5–1 mm. |
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Spikelike | racemes interrupted, dense distally, 1–24 cm; peduncle absent; bracts pinnatifid, rarely bipinnatifid, ± ovate, 2–30 mm, lateral lobes 2–8. |
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2n | = 22. |
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Triphysaria eriantha |
Triphysaria eriantha subsp. rosea |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Coastal grassy fields, bluffs, roadsides, dunes. | |||||
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
While most populations of subsp. rosea occur on the coast or coastal bluffs, it is known also from sites about 15 miles inland. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 685. | FNA vol. 17, p. 686. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Triphysaria | Orobanchaceae > Triphysaria > Triphysaria eriantha | ||||
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Synonyms | Orthocarpus erianthus | Orthocarpus erianthus var. roseus | ||||
Name authority | (Bentham) T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. 16: 660. (1991) | (A. Gray) T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. 16: 660. (1991) | ||||
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