''Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the
waterleaf family known by the common name spotted hideseed.
It is native to the
southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural list of regions of the United States, region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacen ...
,
California
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, and adjacent
Baja California
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. It can be found in a number of habitats from coast to mountain to desert.
Description
This is one of two species of ''
Eucrypta
''Eucrypta'' is a genus of flowering plants containing only two species. The genus name ''Eucrypta'' means "well-hidden", which refers to the seeds being "hidden" in the small green bristled fruits. The two species are known generally as hideseed ...
'', which are sticky, aromatic annual herbs. This species produces an erect to leaning stem well over in maximum height.
The leaves are roughly oval in shape but are intricately divided into many lobes which are subdivided into many smaller lobes, making the leaf lacy in texture. Leaves higher up on the stem have fewer dissections.
The
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
holds a number of small flowers which droop as they grow heavier with the developing fruit. Each flower is less than a centimeter long and generally whitish in color. The fruit is a bristly capsule about 3 millimeters wide.
References
External links
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Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia''USDA Plants Profile; Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia''Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia'' - Photo gallery
Hydrophylloideae
Flora of Baja California
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Arizona
Flora of the California desert regions
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
Natural history of the Colorado Desert
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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