Kallstroemia californica

Taxobox
name = "Kallstroemia californica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Zygophyllales
familia = Zygophyllaceae
genus = "Kallstroemia"
species = "K. californica"
binomial = "Kallstroemia californica"
binomial_authority = (S.Wats.) Vail
synonyms = "Kallstroemia brachystylis"

"Kallstroemia californica" is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family known by the common name California caltrop. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico. This is a mat-forming annual herb which grows in thick carpetlike masses on sandy substrates. The branching stem has compound leaves which are each made up of several widely-spaced pairs of small oval-shaped green leaflets. It produces individual flowers with five rounded or oval petals and a ring of ten stamens. The fruit is a small body a few millimeters wide of ten conjoined nutlets which split apart.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7869,7873,7874 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KACA USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Kallstroemia+californica Photo gallery]