Condea emoryi (Torrey) Harley & J.F.B.Pastorek

Desert-Lavender
Lamiaceae - Lamiales

[Hyptis emoryi Torrey]

[Plants of San Diego County HOME]

Protologue: Phytotaxa 58: 16 (2012)
Pronunciation: Cón-de-a é-mo-ry-i
Etymology: Genus name used by Adanson without explanation,
possibly from Condaea frutescens ..., an unpublished name by Jean-Baptiste René Poupée-Desportes
+ after Maj. William Hemsley Emory (1811-1887), Army officer and Director of the Mexican Boundary Survey

Jepson eFlora Treatment

SD County Synoptic Voucher

Distribution:
  
LEFT: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). MIDDLE: CCH2 (http://cch2.org). RIGHT: GBIF (https://www.gbif.org). Accessed 19 Mar 2020.

Images:

Condea emoryi
Tall shrub to small tree, growing in desert washes, canyons.


Condea emoryi
Branches and leaves are opposite, fragrant, typical of the family.


Condea emoryi
Flowers are zygomorphic, clustered in cymes along axis.


Condea emoryi
Inflorescence axes and calyces are densely white tomentose, with dendritic (tree-like branched) trichomes.


Condea emoryi
Close-up of flower, showing dendritic trichomes of axes and calyx. Note linear calyx lobes, 5 corolla lobes (2 posterior, 1 anterior), 4 stamens, and bifid style.