Jepsonia parryi

Taxobox
name = "Jepsonia parryi"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Saxifragaceae
genus = "Jepsonia"
species = "J. parryi"
binomial = "Jepsonia parryi"
binomial_authority = (Torr.) Small

"Jepsonia parryi" is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common names coast jepsonia and Parry's jepsonia. It is native to the coast and inland hills of southern California and Baja California. This is a small perennial herb producing usually only a single leaf from an unbranched caudex. The leaf is round or kidney-shaped and has a ruffled, lobed edge. The plant flowers in fall, producing a naked brown peduncle holding a small inflorescence of fewer than four flowers. The tiny flower has purplish-veined petals each about half a centimeter long. The fruit is a brown-striped green or tan capsule.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7088,7119,7122 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=JEPA USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Jepsonia+parryi Photo gallery]