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Taxa of Cryptantha, group Greeneocharis [Piptocalyx]
in Southern California, U.S.A.
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Dichotomous Key to Cryptantha, group Greeneocharis [Piptocalyx]
in Southern California, U.S.A.
Modified from Johnston (1925), A Flora of Southern California (Munz 1974), and The Jepson Manual (Hickman 1993); after R. B. Kelley, The Jepson Manual, 2nd ed.
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]
1. Corolla 1-2 mm wide, fornices tiny, white ................................................................ C. circumscissa var. circumscissa
1' Corolla 3-6 mm wide, fornices evident, yellow .............................................................................................. C. similis
[Note: C. circumscissa var. rosulata, which occurs in subalpine habitats of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (Inyo and Tulare
Counties) differs from C. circumscissa var. circumscissa in having shorter stems (0.5-2 cm high as opposed to 2-10 cm high)
and a style shorter than the nutlets (as opposed to a style ca. as long as nutlets).]
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