Tropidocarpum californicum

Tropidocarpum californicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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,[1] 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.[2]

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.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. "Twisselmannia californica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America v 7 p 533.
  3. Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 2003. Novon 13(4): 393.
  4. Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 1999. Novon 9(2): 133–135, f. 1.
  5. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
  6. Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.
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