accepted name (2005):

P.californica Nutt. ex Torrey & Gray

1890

Lynch's description:

Sub-genus Onaepia.

Herbaceous. Petals short and leathery, scarcely exceeding the sepals. N.W.America.

2. P. Brownei, Dougl, Bot. Reg., vol. xxv., t. 30.—

Leaflets ternately divided or pinnatifid, ultimate segments oblong-obtuse, somewhat glaucous.

var. californica (P. californica, Nutt.),

with leaflets bifid or trifid, never pinnatifid, ultimate segments oblong-lanceolate, acute and not glaucous. Appears distinct.

1946

References of Stern:

P.californica Nutt. ex Torrey & Gray, Fl. X Amer. 1, 41 (1838) ; Greene in Gard. and For. 3, 356 (1890), et Fl. Francis. 307 (1892) ; Huth in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 14, 273 (1891) ; Stebbins in Madroño, 4, 252-260, t. 37 (1938); F. C. Stern in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68, 124 (1943).

Syn. P.Brownii Dougl. ex Hook. sec. Brewer & Wats. Bot. Calif. 1,13 (1876), pro parte; Baker in Gard. Chron., N. Ser. 21, 779 (1884), pro parte ; A. Gray, SynoP.Fl. N. Amer. Ed. Robinson, 1, 56 (1895), pro parte ; Parsons, Wild Fl. Calif. 341, c. tab. (1897) ; Davidson, Calif. PI. fig. 31 (1898) ; Davidson & Moxley, Fl. S. Calif. 143 (1923) ; Pickwell et al.. Spring Wild Flow. Western Nat. Study, 2, fig. 31 (1931) ; Munz. Man. S. Calif. Bot. 170. fig. 176 0935) » Thurston, Wild Fl. S. Calif. 326, fig. 511 (1936) ; non Dougl. ex Hook.

P.Brownii Dougl. ex Hook. var. californica (Nutt. ex Torrey & Gray) Lynch in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 12, 433, fig. 25 (1890).

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