This page is based on the 1993 Jepson Manual. Please see the
Jepson eFlora for up-to-date information about California
vascular plants. |Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange|
|TREATMENT FROM THE JEPSON MANUAL|| previous taxon | Jepson
Interchange (more information) ©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of
the University of California Print edition is available from the
University of California Press |The second edition of The Jepson
Manual (2012) is available from the University of California
Press| |See also the Jepson eFlora, which parallels the Second
Edition| Perennial, shrub, tree Stem: bark often peeling
distinctively Leaves simple, generally cauline, alternate,
opposite, rarely whorled, evergreen or deciduous, often
leathery, petioled or not; stipules 0 Inflorescence: raceme,
panicle, cyme, or flowers solitary, generally bracted; pedicels
often with 2 bractlets Flower generally bisexual, generally
radial; sepals generally 45, generally free; petals generally
45, free or fused; stamens 810, free, filaments