Tropidocarpum californicum | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Tropidocarpum |
Species: | T. californicum |
Binomial name | |
Tropidocarpum californicum (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz | |
Synonyms | |
Twisselmannia californica Al-Shehbaz |
Tropidocarpum californicum, the king's gold, is a plant species endemic to a small region in California. It is known from only Kern and King counties in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley.
Tropidocarpum californicum is an ascending or decumbent herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are up to 6 cm long, getting smaller the further up the stem. Flowers are yellow. fruits triangular.
References
- "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- NRCS. "Twisselmannia californica". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Tropidocarpum californicum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 2003). "Novon". v. 13 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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(help) - Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
- Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Tropidocarpum californicum |
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Twisselmannia californica |