Saturday, November 21, 2015

Milkmaids (Cardamine californica)

5/6/01 Gabrielino Trail from Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Falls, 
Big Santa Anita Canyon, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, CA 


5/6/01 Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Falls.


3/1/03 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA


3/31/01 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Milkmaids, Toothwort

SPECIES: Cardamine californica

FAMILY: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

LIFE LIST DATE3/31/2001

LOCATION: Growing in understory of oak trees, Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial; rhizome < 2 cm, tuber-like; hairs 0, rarely minute, simple

Stem 20–70 cm

Leaves: leaflets or lobes of cauline leaves entire to wavy or dentate; leaflets or lobes of rhizome leaves generally 3, 2–6 cm wide, ovate to ± cordate; cauline leaves alternate, lower long-petioled, upper short-petioled to ± sessile, leaflets or lobes 3–5, widely ovate to oblong

Inflorescence elongate in fruit

Flower: petals 9–14 mm, white to pale rose

Fruit erect, 20–50 mm, 1.5–2 mm wide; pedicel ascending, 10–30 mm; style 3–6 mm

Ecology: Generally shaded sites, canyons, woods

Elevation: < 1200 m.  

Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province 

Distribution outside California: Oregon, Baja California

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