Mucronea

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Mucronea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Polygonaceae
Subfamily:  | Eriogonoideae
Genus:  | Mucronea
Benth.
Species

* Mucronea californica
* Mucronea perfoliata

Mucronea is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species restricted to California . Known generally as spineflowers, they are closely related to genus Chorizanthe. They are annual herbs producing slender, erect, glandular stems from taproots. The leaves are located in a rosette around the base of the stem and wither quickly. The inflorescence is an open array of flowers, each blooming in an involucre of spiny bracts lined with awn-tipped teeth. The six-lobed flowers are white to pink.[1][2]

## Species

* Mucronea californica Bentham – California spineflower
* Mucronea perfoliata (A. Gray) A. Heller – Perfoliate spineflower

## References

1. ↑ Reveal, James L.; Rosatti, Thomas J. (2012). "Mucronea". Jepson Flora Project. https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=11217.
2. ↑ Reveal, James L., "Mucronea", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200007551, retrieved 12 March 2022

## External links

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* USDA Plants Profile

Wikidata ☰ Q6931281 entry

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