Vancouveria planipetala |
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inside out flower, redwood inside-out flower, redwood-ivy, small inside-out flower, small-flower vancouveria |
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Leaves | persistent, 2(-3)-ternately compound, 10-30 cm; petiole 1-15 cm, sparsely hairy, becoming glabrous. |
Leaflet | blades rounded-deltate to rounded-pentagonal, often broader than long, obscurely 3-lobed, base cordate, margins conspicuously thickened, crisped, apex minutely notched; surfaces abaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy, adaxially glabrous. |
Inflorescences | peduncle 1-2 dm; pedicel 1-3 cm, stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | 20-50; bracteoles 6-9, white to yellow, glands absent; sepals 6, white to yellow, oblanceolate, 4-5 mm, glands absent; petals 6, white, sometimes lavender-tinged, 3-4 mm, margins entire, apex notched, not reflexed, lateral lobes bearing nectaries, nectaries golden; filaments without glands. |
Seeds | 1-2, black, lunate, 3-4 mm. |
Follicles | greenish brown, 4-7 mm including beak, beak 2 mm, glands absent. |
2n | = 24. |
Vancouveria planipetala |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (May–Jun); fruiting spring–summer (Jun–Jul). |
Habitat | Redwood forests, shaded areas |
Elevation | 50-1700 m (200-5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Berberidaceae > Vancouveria |
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Synonyms | V. parviflora |
Name authority | Calloni: Malpighia 1: 266, plate 6. (1887) |
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