Pholistoma membranaceum

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Pholistoma membranaceum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
Genus: Pholistoma
Species:
P. membranaceum
Binomial name
Pholistoma membranaceum
(Benth.) Constance

Pholistoma membranaceum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae. [1] It is known by the common name white fiesta flower.[ citation needed ]

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It is native to western North America from central California to Baja California. [2] It can be found in many types of habitat from mountain ravines to beaches to desert scrub generally below 4,500 feet (1,400 m) elevation. [2]

Leaves are deeply lobed or cut. Pholistoma membranaceum 7856.JPG
Leaves are deeply lobed or cut.

Description

Pholistoma membranaceum is an annual herb with a waxy, fleshy, bristly stem up to 90 centimeters long and branching profusely, sometimes forming a tangle. The leaves are deeply lobed or cut and borne on winged petioles. The foliage is coated in hairs. [3]

The inflorescence consists of cymes of 2 to 10 flowers each under a centimeter wide. Each pedicel is 5–20 millimetres (0.2–0.8 in). Calyx lobes are oblong and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in). The flower is white, usually with a purple spot or streak on each of its five lobes. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Pholistoma Lilja". World Flora Online . Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  2. 1 2 Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Pholistoma membranaceum". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. 1 2 "Pholistoma membranaceum". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.


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