Kerria de Candolle (Q4488)
Kerria is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Kerrieae
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Kerria is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Kerrieae
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taxon/id/Kerria de Candolle
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Kerria de Candolle
Kerria
de Candolle
FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
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rhizomatous, suckering freely.
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Stems 1–30+, widely arcuate, sparingly branched;
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bark (periderm) not forming, epidermis green, striate, glabrous;
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bud-scales imbricate.
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Leaves winter-deciduous, cauline, alternate;
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stipules caducous, linear-subulate, thin, margins entire ± strigose-ciliate;
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blade ovate to lanceovate, 2–8.5 cm, membranous, margins flat, coarsely doubly serrate, abaxial surface sparsely sericeous-strigose along veins.
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Inflorescences terminal on vernal, leaf-bearing lateral branches, flowers solitary, sparsely strigose or glabrous;
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bracteoles absent or present, leaflike.
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Pedicels present.
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Flowers 20–50 mm diam.;
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epicalyx bractlets 0;
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hypanthium saucer-shaped, 3–4 mm diam., glabrous;
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sepals (4 or) 5 (or 6), spreading to reflexed, oblong-ovate to ± orbiculate;
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petals (4 or) 5 (or 6), to 34 in multi-petaled cultivars, spreading, strong yellow to slightly orangish or yellow-cream (some petals white in multi-petaled cultivars), oblong-ovate to orbiculate, base short-clawed, apex rounded to emarginate;
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stamens 80–130 (0 or few in multi-petaled cultivars), shorter than petals;
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carpels (4–) 5 (–8), globose, glabrous, styles lateral, linear, ± exceeding filaments;
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Fruits aggregated nutlets, (1–) 5 in 1 whorl, tan, obliquely obovoid-globose, 4.5–5 mm, with distinct adaxial ridge, glabrous except for coarse basal hypanthial hairs;
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hypanthium persistent;
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sepals persistent (withering), reflexed;
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exocarp thin, wrinkled, mesocarp thin, dry, endocarp ± cartilaginous.
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oblong-ovate
more or less orbiculate
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slightly orangish or yellow-cream
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slightly orangish or yellow-cream
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