Chorizanthe biloba: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Chorizanthe
- Species
- Chorizanthe biloba
- Scientific Name
- Chorizanthe biloba
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chorizanthe biloba
Chorizanthe biloba is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name twolobe spineflower. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Central Coast Ranges. There are two varieties, both of which are uncommon to rare.
C. b. var. biloba is known from several areas of the Central Coast Ranges, including the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains and Diablo Range. It grows erect up to 40 centimeters tall. It produces an inflorescence of several flowers, each surrounded by six bracts tipped in hooked spines. The tiny flower has deeply notched or jagged tepals.
The rare C. b. var. immemora, the Hernandez spineflower, is known from only about five occurrences near the border between San Benito and Monterey Counties. It is similar to var. biloba but has more shallow notches in its tepals.
...Chorizanthe biloba in languages:
- English
- Twolobe Spineflower
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Chorizanthe angustifolia
- Chorizanthe aphanantha
- Chorizanthe biloba
- Chorizanthe blakleyi
- Chorizanthe brevicornu
- Chorizanthe breweri
- Chorizanthe clevelandii
- Chorizanthe commisuralis
- Chorizanthe corrugata
- Chorizanthe cuspidata
- Chorizanthe dasyantha
- Chorizanthe diffusa
- Chorizanthe douglasii
- Chorizanthe eastwoodiae
- Chorizanthe fimbriata
- Chorizanthe flava
- Chorizanthe flavescens
- Chorizanthe frankenioides
- Chorizanthe glabrescens
- Chorizanthe howellii
- Chorizanthe inequalis
- Chorizanthe interposita
- Chorizanthe kingii
- Chorizanthe leptotheca
- Chorizanthe limariensis
- Chorizanthe macraei
- Chorizanthe membranacea
- Chorizanthe mieresii
- Chorizanthe minutiflora
- Chorizanthe mutabilis
- Chorizanthe navasiae
- Chorizanthe novoana
- Chorizanthe obovata
- Chorizanthe orcuttiana
- Chorizanthe palmeri
- Chorizanthe paniculata
- Chorizanthe parryi
- Chorizanthe peduncularis
- Chorizanthe polygonoides
- Chorizanthe procumbens
- Chorizanthe pulchella
- Chorizanthe pungens
- Chorizanthe rectispina
- Chorizanthe rigida
- Chorizanthe robusta
- Chorizanthe rosulenta
- Chorizanthe spinosa
- Chorizanthe staticoides
- Chorizanthe stellulata
- Chorizanthe turbinata
- Chorizanthe umbellata
- Chorizanthe uniaristata
- Chorizanthe vaginata
- Chorizanthe valida
- Chorizanthe ventricosa
- Chorizanthe virgata
- Chorizanthe viridis
- Chorizanthe watsonii
- Chorizanthe wheeleri
- Chorizanthe xanti





















