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Mucronea
Sign in to saveMucronea is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species restricted to California. Known generally as spineflowers, they are closely related to genus Chorizanthe. They are annual herbs producing slender, erect, glandular stems from taproots. The leaves are located in a rosette around the base of the stem and wither quickly. The inflorescence is an open array of flowers, each blooming in an involucre of spiny bracts lined with awn-tipped teeth. The six-lobed flowers are white to pink.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mucronea is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to California, plant and species.
It sits within the topics Flora of California, Polygonaceae and Polygonaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
california spineflower
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, VT, US
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eriogonoideae
- Image
- Mucronea californica JEPS109930 (4498882254).jpg
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- taxon name
- Mucronea
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Mucronea
- taxon common name
- spineflower
- topic's main category
- Category:Mucronea
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mucronea is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species restricted to California. Known generally as spineflowers, they are closely related to genus Chorizanthe. They are annual herbs producing slender, erect, glandular stems from taproots. The leaves are located in a rosette around the base of the stem and wither quickly. The inflorescence is an open array of flowers, each blooming in an involucre of spiny bracts lined with awn-tipped teeth. The six-lobed flowers are white to pink.
== Species == Mucronea californica – California spineflower Mucronea perfoliata – Perfoliate spineflower
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mucronea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.