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Crocanthemum
Sign in to saveCrocanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are native to both North and South America where they are widespread. The common name frostweed relates to the ice crystals which form from sap exuding from cracks near the base of the stem in the late fall.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Crocanthemum, and connects out to California, plant and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including Cistaceae, Flora of the Americas and Malvales genera.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyCistaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Cistaceae
- Collections
- DAV, OBI, SBBG, SD, COCO, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden
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- taxon common name
- 霜石玫属
- taxon name
- Crocanthemum
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- genus
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- Crocanthemum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Crocanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are native to both North and South America where they are widespread. The common name frostweed relates to the ice crystals which form from sap exuding from cracks near the base of the stem in the late fall.
Crocanthemum are herbaceous perennials or subshrubs with alternate leaves. With the exception of species in California, they generally produce two types of flowers: showy, yellow chasmogamous (cross-pollinated) produced earlier in the growing season, followed by cleistogamous (self-pollinated) flowers that are smaller and lack petals. All species of Crocanthemum are fire tolerant and are found in open habitats.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crocanthemum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.