View source for Umbellularia californica

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|accepted_name=Umbellularia californica
|accepted_authority=(Hooker & Arnott) Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=N. Amer. Sylv.
|place=1: 87. 1842
|year=1842
}}
|common_names=California bay;Oregon-myrtle;myrtle-wood;California laurel;pepperwood
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Tetranthera californica
|authority=Hooker & Arnott
|publication_title=Bot. Beechey Voy.,
|publication_place=159. 1833
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Umbellularia;Umbellularia californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Umbellularia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Umbellularia californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, to 45 m; twigs terete, glabrous or sparsely appressed-pubescent, rarely minutely tomentose. <b>Leaf</b> blade deep yellow-green, shiny, narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic, 3-10 × 1.5-3 cm, base acute or obtuse, apex acute; surfaces abaxially glabrous, sparsely appressed-pubescent or minutely tomentose, adaxially glabrous; domatia absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> pubescent. <b>Flowers</b> 5-10; tepals 6-8 mm. <b>Drupe</b> usually solitary, 2 cm or more diam. <b>2n</b> =24.</span><!--

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|distribution=w coast;North America.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2</p><!--
--><p>Native Americans used <i>Umbellularia californica</i> for medicinal purposes and occasionally as an insecticide (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or sparsely appressed-pubescent.
|[[Umbellularia californica var. californica|Umbellularia californica var. californica]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade abaxially minutely tomentose.
|[[Umbellularia californica var. fresnensis|Umbellularia californica var. fresnensis]]
|}
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name=Umbellularia californica
|author=
|authority=(Hooker & Arnott) Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Tetranthera californica
|family=Lauraceae
|distribution=w coast;North America.
|reference=None
|publication title=N. Amer. Sylv.
|publication year=1842
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Umbellularia
|species=Umbellularia californica
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