Rupertia rigida

Rupertia rigida is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Parish's California tea,[1] or Parish's rupertia.

Rupertia rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Genus:
Rupertia
Species:
R. rigida
Binomial name
Rupertia rigida
(Parish) J.W. Grimes
Synonyms

Psoralea rigida

It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it is an uncommon member of the local mountain flora, growing in chaparral, woodland, and forest habitat types.

Description

It is a bushy perennial herb producing a hairy, woody stem from a thick, purplish caudex, approaching 75 centimeters in maximum height with slender, leafy branches. The leaves are each made up of three hairy, glandular, lance-shaped leaflets up to 6 or 7 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a clustered raceme of several whitish or yellowish pealike flowers. Each flower has a tubular calyx of sepals and a corolla spreading to about 1.5 centimeters in width.

The fruit is a hairy, gland-speckled, brownish legume around a centimeter long.

References
  1. "Rupertia rigida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.


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