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Wahlenbergia marginata
Wahlenbergia marginata
Photographer: Aaron Schusteff

ID: 0000 0000 0615 0131 (2015-06-02)

Copyright © 2015 Aaron Schusteff

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  • date of photo  May 3, 2015
  • location   San Bruno Mountain (San Mateo County, California, US)
  • family Campanulaceae
  • notes   The corollas (with their enclosed stamens, style, & stigma) appear to have shriveled in place and not yet dropped on the flowers at center and upper right, whereas those parts have dropped from the developing fruit capsules in the flowers at left and lower right.

    Interestingly, the upper rim of the hypanthium appears to develop a black band after the flowers drop off the developing fruit capsules.

    Earlier, I had speculated that the specific epithet marginata might refer to this black band. But it turns out the type-form for W. marginata had white-margined leaves...which presumably gave rise to the specific epithet. However, it appears that not all 'forms' of this (quite variable) species have white-margined leaves or black-rimmed fruit capsules...the current circumscription includes many different forms originally given different names but later synonymized under W. marginata. For what it's worth, this plant here seems to have closest affinities to the form referred to by the name W. agrestis in Lothian(1947).

    For more details on this plant, see remarks under first photo in this series.

  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Wahlenbergia marginata
  • View all photos in CalPhotos of Wahlenbergia marginata
  • Check Google Images for Wahlenbergia marginata


  • The photographer's identification Wahlenbergia marginata has not been reviewed. Click here to review or comment on the identification.

     
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