Mucronea

Mucronea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Subfamily:	Eriogonoideae
Genus:	Mucronea; Benth.
Species
	Mucronea californica; Mucronea perfoliata;

Mucronea is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species restricted to California. Known generally as spineflowers, they are closely related to genus Chorizanthe. They are annual herbs producing slender, erect, glandular stems from taproots. The leaves are located in a rosette around the base of the stem and wither quickly. The inflorescence is an open array of flowers, each blooming in an involucre of spiny bracts lined with awn-tipped teeth. The six-lobed flowers are white to pink.^[1]^[2]

Species

Mucronea californica Bentham – California spineflower
Mucronea perfoliata (A. Gray) A. Heller – Perfoliate spineflower

References

^ Reveal, James L.; Rosatti, Thomas J. (2012). "Mucronea". Jepson eFlora. Jepson Flora Project. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ Reveal, James L. "Mucronea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

External links

Media related to Mucronea at Wikimedia Commons
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile

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[Jepson2012-1] Reveal, James L.; Rosatti, Thomas J. (2012). "Mucronea". Jepson eFlora. Jepson Flora Project. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[efloras-2] Reveal, James L. "Mucronea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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