Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Therophon occidentale (T. & G.) Rydb
Boykinia occidenlalis T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 577. 1840. Boykinia elata Greene, Fl. Fran. 190, in part. 1891. Therofon elatum Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 121, in part. 1894.
Slender ; stem 2-6 dm. high, glabrous or nearly so below, puberulent and slightly glandular above ; petioles of the basal leaves 5-15 cm. long, glabrous or nearly so ; blades reniform, thin, 5-7-cleft and double-toothed with broadly ovate teeth, basal sinus deep and narrow ; lower stem-leaves similar but with more open basal sinus ; upper stem-leaves usually with truncate bases and more ovate ; inflorescence puberulent and more or less glandular ; bractlets lanceolate, thin and usually deciduous ; hypanthium campanulate, 2-3 mm. long, somewhat glandular below, in fruit ovoid, 4-5 mm. long ; sepals lanceolate,
glabrous or nearly so, in fruit exceeded by the styles ; petals white, spatulate, 4-6 mm. long.
Type locality : Oregon.
Distribution: Along streams from California to British Columbia.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
