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.
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| Species: | R. rigida |
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| Rupertia rigida (Parish) J.W. Grimes | |
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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
- "Rupertia rigida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.