Carpenteria Torr.

Tree anemone (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Cornales > Hydrangeaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs. Stems erect, ascending, or spreading. Bark exfoliating in grayish sheets or strips. Branches ascending or spreading; twigs with simple trichomes. Leaves persistent, opposite; petiole present; blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or oblong, herbaceous to coriaceous, margins entire or obscurely denticulate, usually revolute, sometimes plane; venation pinnate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cymes, 3–9(–13)-flowered; peduncle present. Pedicels present. Flowers bisexual; perianth and androecium nearly hypogynous; hypanthium adnate to ovary proximally, free distally, patelliform, not ribbed in fruit; sepals persistent, 5–7, spreading, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or triangular, sparsely to densely appressed-pubescent abaxially; petals 5–7(–8), imbricate, spreading to reflexed, white, ovate, round, or depressed-elliptic, base sessile or obscurely clawed, surfaces glabrous; stamens 150–200; filaments distinct, essentially terete, not noticeably tapered from base to apex, apex not 2-lobed; anthers depressed-ovate; pistil 5–7-carpellate, ovary nearly superior, 5–7-locular; placentation axile proximally, parietal distally; style persistent, 1. Capsules conic to depressed-spheric, corticate to coriaceous, dehiscence basipetally septicidal to near base of fruit, delayed apically by persistent style. Seeds 50 per locule, brown or reddish brown, ellipsoid. x = 10.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Images

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Distribution

Carpenteria world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442238-2
WFO ID wfo-4000006769
COL ID 3HSK
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Synonyms

Carpenteria

Lower taxons

Carpenteria californica