Calflora Taxon Report
Streptanthus glandulosus  Hook.  ssp. pulchellus  (Greene) Kruckeb.
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2019 David Greenberger
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2022 R.A. Chasey
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2019 David Greenberger
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2019 Julian Geoghegan
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2018 George Osner
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2020 Hunter Breck
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2022 Suzanne L. Weakley
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2019 David Greenberger
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2019 David Greenberger
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2019 David Greenberger
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2019 David Greenberger
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2019 Hunter Breck
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2023 Morgan Cantrell
Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. pulchellus is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Parent: Streptanthus glandulosus
Genus: Streptanthus
Family: Brassicaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Ultramafic affinity: 4.9 - broad endemic

Communities: Chaparral, Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS
Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSStreptanthus glandulosus var. pulchellus
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[friendsofmttam.org] Description: Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. pulchellus Brassicaceae (Rock Spg, Barth's Retreat) Fruit at least 4 times longer than wide, generally oblong to linear; Pubescence of the lower leaves absent or simple, usually not forked, trifurcate nor dendritic; Calyx more or less urn - or flask - shaped, nearly closed at full flower, often brightly - colored; petals generally strap - shaped; Lower stems and leaves hispidp - hairy; flowers strongly tinged with reddish - violet or purple. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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