Etymology |
Named for Mary Katharine Brandegee (October 28, 1844 – April 3, 1920) an American botanist known for her comprehensive studies of flora in California. |
Description: |
Erect large annual 3-10 dm high, sparsely branched. Leaf blades, elliptic or lance-ovate, occ lobed, ~ 4.5 cm long by ~1.6 cm wide. Upper leaves lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, by .9 -.7 (-.3) cm, occ falcate, base cuneate and apex obtuse or widely acute and slightly farinose. Inflorescences are terminal and axillary panicles of glomerate spikes, ~ 15 cm., with sessile flowers, ca.1 mm in diameter. Fruits lenticular, ~ 1 mm by ≥ .5 mm wide, margin acute, pericarp shiny brown or more frequently randomly mottled brown and black, very shiny. Seed coat black. |
Distribution: |
California: San Diego county. |
Synonyms: |
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Type: |
Benet-Pierce 336: SDSU 19747 |
Website Info: |
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Habitat and Field Images
Specimens:
UC 234690 |
SDSU 19742
Benet-Pierce 332
SDSU 19739
Benet-Pierce 329
SDSU 19725
Benet-Pierce 320
SDSU 19726
Benet-Pierce 319
SDSU 19745
SDSU 19740
Benet-Pierce 330
SDSU 19741
Benet-Pierce 330
SDSU 19730
Benet-Pierce 322
SDSU 26453
Benet-Pierce 1002
SDSU 26476
Benet-Pierce 1026
SDSU 26481
Benet-Pierce 1031
SDSU 26482
Benet-Pierce 1032
SDSU 26484
Benet-Pierce 1034
SDSU 26485
Benet-Pierce 1036
SDSU 26487
Benet-Pierce 1038
SDSU 26488
Benet-Pierce 1039
SDSU 26490
Benet-Pierce 1041
SDSU 26491
Benet-Pierce 1042
Mandak 1411
Jellen 1410-1A |
SD 208784 Hirshberg 1229 |
SDSU 26493 Benet-Pierce 1045 |
SDSU 19746 Benet-Pierce 337 |
SDSU 25431 Benet-Pierce 947 |
SDSU 25432 Benet-Pierce 948 |
SDSU 25433 Benet-Pierce 949 |
SDSU 25473 Benet-Pierce 963 |
SDSU 25479 Benet-Pierce 968 |
SDSU 25480 Benet-Pierce 965 |
SDSU 26459 Benet-Pierce 1008 |
SDSU 26494 Benet-Pierce 1046 |
Website development by Lee Simpson. Contact: sdsuherbarium@sdsu.edu