Eriodictyon californicum f. linearis

Description

Family Hydrophyllaceae

Herbs or shrubs , glabrous or pubescent , occasionally glandular , bristly , or thorny. Leaves alternate or opposite, occasionally in a basal rosette, simple or variously lobed or divided , without stipules. Inflorescences solitary flowers, cymose , or paniculate . Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , usually 5-merous, often showy. Calyx ± gamosepalous , sinuses sometimes appendaged. Corolla gamopetalous, campanulate , tubular , or rotate; lobes overlapping in bud. Stamens usually 5; filaments attached to corolla, often alternating with scalelike appendages ; anthers 2-locular, longitudinally dehiscent . Ovary superior, 1- or 2- (several) locular , with 2 parietal placentae; ovules few or numerous . Styles 1 or 2, usually lobed or divided; stigma capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, rarely also septicidal or opening irregularly. Seeds usually with a sculptured or pitted coat ; endosperm enclosing a small embryo.

Eighteen to 22 genera and ca. 300 species: mostly in North and South America, with a few in Africa, Asia, and Australia; one genus with one species in China.Ruizheng Fang & Constance Lincoln "Hydrophyllaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 328. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Lamiidae () - Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Solananae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Boraginales () - Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Hydrophyllaceae () - R. Brown Ex Ker-Gawler, 1817 - Waterleaf Family
        Genus: Eriodictyon ()
        Specific epithet: californicum - Brand
        Form: linearis
        Botanical name: - Eriodictyon californicum f. linearis Brand