• Source: Chorizanthe

Chorizanthe is a genus of plants in the buckwheat family known generally as spineflowers. These are small, squat, herbaceous plants with spiny-looking inflorescences of flowers. The flowers may be in shades of red or yellow to white. The bracts are pointed and sometimes tipped with a hooked awn, and the inflorescence often dries into a rounded, spiny husk. Spineflowers are found in western North America and South America.
Name derivation: The word Chorizanthe comes from the Greek roots chorizo and anthos meaning "to divide," and "flower," thus meaning "divided flowers," but actually used in reference to the divided calyx.
Selected species:

Chorizanthe angustifolia - narrowleaf spineflower
Chorizanthe aphanantha
Chorizanthe biloba - twolobe spineflower
Chorizanthe blakleyi - Blakley's spineflower
Chorizanthe brevicornu - brittle spineflower
Chorizanthe breweri - San Luis Obispo spineflower
Chorizanthe corrugata - wrinkled spineflower
Chorizanthe cuspidata - San Francisco spineflower
Chorizanthe diffusa - diffuse spineflower
Chorizanthe douglasii - San Benito spineflower
Chorizanthe fimbriata - fringed spineflower
Chorizanthe howellii - Mendocino spineflower
Chorizanthe leptotheca - Ramona spineflower
Chorizanthe membranacea - pink spineflower
Chorizanthe obovata - spoonsepal spineflower
Chorizanthe orcuttiana - San Diego spineflower
Chorizanthe palmeri - Palmer's spineflower
Chorizanthe parryi - San Bernardino spineflower
Chorizanthe polygonoides - knotweed spineflower
Chorizanthe procumbens - prostrate spineflower
Chorizanthe pungens - Monterey spineflower
Chorizanthe rectispina - prickly spineflower
Chorizanthe rigida - devil's spineflower, rigid spineflower
Chorizanthe robusta - robust spineflower
Chorizanthe spinosa - Mojave spineflower
Chorizanthe staticoides - Turkish rugging
Chorizanthe stellulata - starlet spineflower
Chorizanthe uniaristata - one-awned spineflower
Chorizanthe valida - Sonoma spineflower
Chorizanthe ventricosa - Priest Valley spineflower
Chorizanthe watsonii - fivetooth spineflower
Chorizanthe wheeleri - Santa Barbara spineflower
Chorizanthe xanti - Riverside spineflower




External links


Jepson Manual Treatment
Key to the genus

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Polygonaceae
• Chorizanthe
• Chorizanthe brevicornu
• Chorizanthe howellii
• Chorizanthe rectispina
• Chorizanthe uniaristata
• Chorizanthe biloba
• Chorizanthe orcuttiana
• Chorizanthe valida
• Chorizanthe staticoides
• Chorizanthe palmeri