Chorizanthe parryi is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name Parry's spineflower and San Bernardino spineflower.[2]

Chorizanthe parryi

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Chorizanthe
Species:
C. parryi
Binomial name
Chorizanthe parryi

The plant is endemic to Southern California, where it is found in the San Bernardino Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains and Western Transverse Ranges, the Colorado Desert, and along the southern coast. It is found mainly in chaparral scrub plant communities.

Description

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Chorizanthe parryi is a small, sprawling herb with roughly hairy stems spreading along the ground or somewhat upright. There are a few leaves up to four centimeters long located mainly around the base of the stems where they emerge from the ground.

The flowers have urn-shaped bases of woolly bracts whose points may be straight or hooked, the characteristic which differentiates the two varieties. The tiny flower is white and sometimes hairy.

Varieties

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References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ CalFlora Database: Chorizanthe parryi . accessed 8.2.2013
  3. ^ Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina . accessed 9.21.2016.
  4. ^ LA Daily News.com: "How a rare flower could delay a Santa Clarita Valley development", by Gregory J. Wilcox, posted 9.14.2016.
  5. ^ CalFlora Database: Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (San Fernando Valley spineflower)
  6. ^ California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina listing accessed 9.21.2016.
  7. ^ UC Cal Photos gallery: Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina images
  8. ^ CalFlora Database: Chorizanthe parryi var. parryi
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