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Rupertia physodes (forest scurfpea)

Synonyms: Hoita physodes (homotypic); Lotodes physodes (homotypic); Psoralea physodes (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rupertia physodes is a species of legume known by the common names forest scurfpea and California tea. It is native to west coast and coastal mountains of California, and northwards through the Cascade Range into Idaho and British Columbia.
View Wikipedia Record: Rupertia physodes

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Predators

Chorizococcus psoraleae (California tea mealybug)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0