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Hastingsia
''Hastingsia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, known generally as rushlilies. These are small perennial herbs endemic to serpentine soils of the Siskiyou Mountains, Siskiyou-Klamath Mountains, Klamath region in northern California and SW Oregon in the United States. They reach heights between 25 and 90 centimeters and have long linear leaves and racemes of small white flowers. Species: # ''Hastingsia alba'' (Durand) S.Watson - white rushlily - California and Oregon #''Hastingsia atropurpurea'' Becking - Oregon # ''Hastingsia bracteosa'' S.Watson - largeflower rushlily - Oregon # ''Hastingsia serpentinicola'' Becking - Klamath rushlily - California and Oregon Name The genus is named after Serranus Clinton Hastings, a 19th-century California businessman and judge. Hastings created and endowed the Hastings College of Law. In 2020, a commission of Hastings College concluded that in the 1850s Serranus Hastings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastingsia Alba
''Hastingsia alba'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common names white rushlily and white schoenolirion. The plant is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in wet places such as bogs and mountain meadows. Description ''Hastingsia alba'' grows from a black-coated bulb a few centimeters wide and produces erect stems 40 to 90 centimeters tall. There are several long, thin, bending leaves about the base of the plant and the stems are naked. The top of each stem is a dense, pointed inflorescence of many flowers, with smaller inflorescences branching off lower levels of the stem. Each flower is cream or greenish-white with six curly, lilylike tepals. Each has six white stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...s with large brown a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastingsia Bracteosa
''Hastingsia bracteosa'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the agave subfamily of the asparagus family known by the common name large-flowered rushlily. It is endemic to Oregon in the United States, where it is limited to a twelve-mile stretch of the Illinois Valley in the southwestern part of the state.''Hastingsia bracteosa''. Center for Plant Conservation. This plant grows from a dark-coated and produces gray-green leaves up to 52 centimeters long. The slender, erect scape grows up to 87 centimeters tall. At the top is an |
Hastingsia Serpentinicola
''Hastingsia serpentinicola'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Klamath rushlily. It is native to the mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, where it grows in serpentine soils. Description This is a perennial herb growing from a black bulb 2 to 4 centimeters long and producing an erect flower stem up to 50 centimeters tall. A number of long, bending leaves surround the stem at its base, and the rest of the stem is naked. The top portion of the stem is a narrow, pointed inflorescence of many white or greenish lilylike flowers. Each small flower has six curled perianth parts and six protruding stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...s with very large anthers. The flowers fall away to leave the developing fruits, which ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serranus Clinton Hastings
Serranus Clinton Hastings (November 22, 1814 – February 18, 1893) was an American politician, rancher and lawyer in California. He studied law as a young man and moved to the Iowa District in 1837 to open a law office. Iowa became a territory a year later, and he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the Iowa Territorial General Assembly. When the territory became the state of Iowa in 1846, he won an election to represent the state in the United States House of Representatives. After his term ended, he became Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. After one year in office, Hastings resigned and moved to California. He was appointed to the California Supreme Court as Chief Justice a few months later. He won an election to be Attorney General of California, and assumed office shortly after his term as Chief Justice ended. He began practicing law again as Attorney General. He earned a small fortune with his law practice and used that fortune to finance his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asparagaceae Genera
Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, placed in the Order (biology), order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, ''Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both common garden plants as well as common houseplants. The garden plants include Asparagus officinalis, asparagus, Yucca filamentosa, yucca, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, bluebell, lily of the valley, and hosta, and the houseplants include Dracaena trifasciata, snake plant, Dracaena fragrans, corn cane, Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, and Asparagus setaceus, plumosus fern. The Asparagaceae is a morphologically heterogenous family with the included species varying widely in their appearance and growth form. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with genera and species contained in the family native to all continents except Antarctica. Taxonomy Early taxonomy The plant family Asparagaceae was first named, des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agavoideae
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree). About 640 species are placed in around 23 genera; they are widespread in the tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of the world. Description and uses Species may be succulent or not. In general, Agavoideae leaves occur as rosettes at the end of a woody stem, which may range from extremely short to tree-like heights, as in the Joshua tree. The leaves are parallel-veined, and usually appear long and pointed, often with a hardened spine on the end, and sometimes with additional spines along the margins. ''Agave'' species are used to make ''tequila, pulque,'' and ''mezcal'', while others are valued for their fibers. They are quite popular for xeriscaping, as many have showy flowers. Syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both common garden plants as well as common houseplants. The garden plants include asparagus, yucca, bluebell, lily of the valley, and hosta, and the houseplants include snake plant, corn cane, spider plant, and plumosus fern. The Asparagaceae is a morphologically heterogenous family with the included species varying widely in their appearance and growth form. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with genera and species contained in the family native to all continents except Antarctica. Taxonomy Early taxonomy The plant family Asparagaceae was first named, described, and published in Genera Plantarum in 1789 by the French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, who is particularly noted for his work in developing the concept of pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siskiyou Mountains
The Siskiyou Mountains are a Coast Ranges, coastal subrange of the Klamath Mountains, and located in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States. They extend in an arc for approximately from east of Crescent City, California, northeast along the north side of the Klamath River into Josephine County, Oregon, Josephine and Jackson County, Oregon, Jackson counties in Oregon. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Drainage basin, watersheds of the Klamath River to the south and the Rogue River (Oregon), Rogue River to the north. Accordingly, much of the range is within the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest, Rogue River – Siskiyou and Klamath National Forest, Klamath national forests, and the Pacific Crest Trail follows a portion of the crest of the Siskiyous. These mountains are not the highest of the Klamath Mountains, but because of the Orographic lift, relief so close to the Pacific Ocean, the peaks receive significant Precipitation (mete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klamath Mountains
The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States. As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains have a varied geology, with substantial areas of Serpentine group, serpentinite and marble, and a climate characterized by moderately cold winters with very heavy snowfall and warm, very dry summers with limited rainfall, especially in the south. As a consequence of the geology and soil types, the mountains harbor several endemism, endemic or near-endemic trees, forming one of the largest collections of conifers in the world. The mountains are also home to a diverse array of fish and animal species, including black bears, large cats, owls, eagles, and several species of Pacific salmon. Millions of acres in the mountains are managed by the United States Forest Service. The northernmost and largest sub-range of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42nd parallel north, 42° north parallel delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. The western boundary is formed by the Pacific Ocean. Oregon has been home to many Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous nations for thousands of years. The first European traders, explorers, and settlers began exploring what is now Oregon's Pacific coast in the early to mid-16th century. As early as 1564, the Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest, Spanish began sending vessels northeast from the Philippines, riding the Kuroshio Current in a sweeping circular route across the northern part of the Pacific. In 1592, Juan de Fuca undertook detailed mapping a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
