Rupertia hallii
Rupertia hallii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Rupertia |
Species: | R. hallii
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Binomial name | |
Rupertia hallii | |
Synonyms | |
Hoita hallii |
Rupertia hallii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Hall's California tea,[2] or Hall's rupertia. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a small section of the northern Sierra Nevada foothills on the border between Butte and Tehama Counties.[3] It is a perennial herb approaching a meter in height with slender, leafy branches. The leaves are each made up of three lance-shaped or oval, pointed leaflets measuring up to 9 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a clustered raceme of several whitish or yellowish pealike flowers. Each flower has a tubular calyx of sepals and a corolla spreading to about a centimeter in width. The fruit is a hairy, gland-speckled legume around a centimeter long.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rupertia hallii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile
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