Difference between revisions of "Marah watsonii"
Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 36. 1910.
Common names: Taw manroot
Endemic
Basionym: Echinocystis watsonii Cogniaux in A. L. P. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 819. 1881
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 5 November 2020
Leaf blades deeply 5-lobed, 3–8 cm wide, surfaces glaucous abaxially. Flowers: sepals (pistillate) linear-subulate, 1 mm; petals 4–5 mm (pistillate) or 2.5–3 mm (staminate), corolla white, deeply cupulate to campanulate; staminodia present in pistillate flowers. Capsules often striped dark green, globose or depressed-globose to short-ellipsoid, 2–3.5 cm, surface smooth to sparsely echinate or muriculate, spinules weak, 1–2 mm. Seeds 1–4, globose, not compressed, 11–14 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May(–Jun).
Habitat: Oak and pine-oak grasslands, oak woodlands, yellow pine woodlands, chaparral, rocky slopes and outcrops, roadsides
Elevation: 100–800(–1300) m
Discussion
Marah watsonii is distributed in about 15 counties in north-central California.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.