Dichelostemma multiflorum (Benth.) A.Heller

Diehelostemma jnultiflorum (Benth.)
Brodima multiflora Benth. PI. Hartw, 339.
Hookera multiüora Britten, Journ. Bot. 24 :
, The type of this was collected by Hartweg in 1847 ‘^n valle
Sacramento,” probably in' the vicînity of Chico, Butte county.
Bentham’s description is short and unsatisfactory, but the stam-
inodia are said to be “ovata, integerrima.” Watson says “stam-
inodia entire, broad and obtuse, about equalling the , anthers.”
; Greene says “staminodia obtuse, entire, little exceeding the ob-
long, deeply bifid anthers.”
No. 7862 was collected May 26, on dry wooded hills about
two miles west of Redding, Shasta county, at that time nearly
past flowering, and from living plants of this the following de-
scription is drawn: ,
Flowers pale violet, in capitate clusters of 10 or more, the
j middle pedicels longest, often 15 min., the others ranging from
I 5 to 10 mm,: perianth 2 cm. long, half of which is tube, 5 or 6
mm. across the tumid base, then narrowed to 3 or 4 mm.; seg^;
I ments either ascending or somewhat rotate when fully expanded,
oblong, a little narrowed at the apex, 4 or 5 mm. wide, marked
| by the dark midvein, which in the outer segments is> prolonged
‘ into a slight cusp: staminodia cqlored like the segments or
paler, the free portion 4 mm. long, 1 mm. longer than the sta-
mens, the dorsal side rounded and slightly tumid at the base,
the edges turned in and parallel so as to almost close over the
j stamens: stâmens 3, the filaments adhering to the perianth tube
j throughout, only the oblong, pointed pale yellow anthers 3 mm.
j long free: style shorter than the anthers, extending only to the
I top of the perianth tube, about 1 mm. in diameter, gradually en-
| larged above, ¿he slightly 3-lobed stigma barely 2 mm.
A specimen collected in full flower May 5, 1902, about 8
j miles from Chico on the Oroville road, and probably from type
Î locality is essentially tta same, differing in having blunter an-
thers which equal the staminodia, and the pistil is almost as
long as the stamens. This plant grew în rich soil in an open
field, the flowers of a deep violet.
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Flora of North America /Jepson Manual ed. 2
Diehelostemma multiflorum (Bentham) A. Heller
J. Chris Pires	Feb 2005
Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS)
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PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
Shasta_County
7862 DICHELOSTEMMA MULTIFLORUM (Benth.) Heller
Near Redding
A. A. Heller, Collector
May 26, 1905
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