Tropidocarpum californicum
Tropidocarpum californicum, the king's gold,[1] is a plant species endemic to a small region in California. It is known from only Kern and King counties in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley.[2]
| Tropidocarpum californicum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Tropidocarpum |
| Species: | T. californicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidocarpum californicum (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz | |
| Synonyms | |
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Twisselmannia californica Al-Shehbaz | |
Tropidocarpum californicum is an ascending or decumbent herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are up to 6 cm long, getting smaller the further up the stem. Flowers are yellow. fruits triangular.[2][3][4][5][6]
References
- "Twisselmannia californica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Tropidocarpum californicum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 2003). "Novon". v. 13 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2017. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 1999). "Novon". v. 9 1999. Retrieved 16 January 2017. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
- Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.
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