Calflora: Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica

Synthyris missurica (Raf.) Penn. ssp. missurica

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Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica, a dicot, is a perennial herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest
Elevation:	between 6562 and 8202 feet
Family:	PLANTAGINACEAE (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Synthyris found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Synthyris missurica.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Synthyris missurica var. major
PLANTS:	Synthyris reniformis var. major
TJM2:	Synthyris major
TJM2:	Synthyris stellata

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Modoc: 2 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (SYMIM2)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database