Stem: generally erect, generally 4-angled. Habit: Annual to shrub, glabrous to hairy, generally aromatic. Photo: Mentha arvensis "American Wild Mint" (CA Native, Nco) Seed: generally winged in youth, collar inflated at widest end or generally not, dark brown to black, generally appearing white coat cell margins generally straight. Inflorescence: raceme or ± branched, terminal flowers generally 10-25 pedicels generally ± spreading.įlower: bilateral sepals 5, petal-like, generally spreading, generally ± dark blue, uppermost spurred petals 4, << sepals, upper 2 with nectar-secreting spurs enclosed in uppermost sepal, lower 2 clawed, with blades (limbs) generally 4-8 mm, 2-lobed, generally ± perpendicular to claws, generally colored like sepals, generally obviously hairy especially on lobes proximally pistils 3(5).įruit: follicles 3(some 5), erect, length generally 2.5-4 × width. Leaf Architecture: simple, basal and cauline, petioled blades generally palmately lobed, deep lobes generally 3-5, generally < 6 mm wide, generally also lobed cauline proximal generally dry, generally 0 in flower, distal merging into bracts. Stem: erect, generally 1, generally unbranched base generally ± as wide as, generally firmly attached to root, generally ± red or purple. Habit: Perennial herb root generally < 10 cm, ± fibrous or fleshy rootstock buds in life generally obscure (0 or obscure on herbarium specimens). Photo: Delphinium cardinale (CA Native, Nco)įloral Formula: X, 5, 4, many, 3 (superior) Leaf: basal, 1-5 per stem, linear, cylindric, channeled, or flat, generally withering from tip before flower. Stem: scapose, cylindric, triangular in ×-section, or flat. Outer bulb coat generally brown to gray, inner generally white. Seed: black, sculpture net-like, smooth, or granular. Flower: perianth parts ± free, generally with darker or contrasting midvein, outer generally wider filaments fused into a ring ovary with 0, 3, or 6 crests, ovules generally 2 per chamber.įruit: capsule, loculicidal. Inflorescence: umbel, flowers 3-many, rarely all or in part replaced by bulblets bracts generally 2-4, obvious, ± fused, scarious.
WHITE CYME WILDFLOWER 4 PETALS 4 SEPALS FREE
Inflorescence: umbel (1-flowered in Ipheion), bracts generally 2, splitting and appearing 2+ or not, ± fused, enclosing flower buds, scarious.įlower: (6 merous, 3 carpels) perianth parts 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, ± free to fused in lower 1/3-1/2 stamens 6, fused to perianth, filaments widened at base, anthers attached at middle ovary superior, 3-lobed, chambers 3, ovules 2+ per chamber, style 1, stigma entire or ± 3-lobed. Leaf: basal, sheathing stem, linear, cylindric, channeled or flat, generally ± withering from tip by flowering. Stem: scapose, cylindric, sometimes flat or triangular. Habit: Perennial herb bulb 1 or on rhizomes, reforming each year bulblets at bulb bases or on rhizomes outer bulb coat brown, red-brown, yellow-brown, or gray inner coats generally white (pink, red, or yellow) onion odor, taste present (except Nothoscordum).
Photo: Allium amplectens "Narrowleaf Onion" (CA Native, Nco)