Rupertia hallii
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Species: | R. hallii
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Rupertia hallii (Rydb.)
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Hoita hallii |
Rupertia hallii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Hall's California tea,[1] or Hall's rupertia. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a small section of the northern Sierra Nevada foothills on the border between Butte and Tehama Counties.[2] It is a perennial herb approaching a meter in height with slender, leafy branches. The leaves are each made up of three lance-shaped or oval, pointed leaflets measuring up to 9 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a clustered raceme of several whitish or yellowish pealike flowers. Each flower has a tubular calyx of sepals and a corolla spreading to about a centimeter in width. The fruit is a hairy, gland-speckled legume around a centimeter long.
References[]
- ^ "Rupertia hallii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile
External links[]
- Psoraleeae
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Taxa named by James Walter Grimes
- Faboideae stubs