PLANTS Profile for Chorizanthe brevicornu (brittle spineflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr.
brittle spineflower

Symbol:

CHBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Bernardino Co., Mojave Desert Preserve. April 19, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr.

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Native Status:
Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CA, ID, NM, NV, OR, UT)

Related Taxa:
Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 33 species in Chorizanthe or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr. var. brevicornu. .

Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu
brittle spineflower

Distribution of Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr. var. spathulata (Small ex Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Chorizanthe brevicornu var. spathulata
brittle spineflower

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Chorizanthe R. Br. ex Benth. – spineflower
Species	Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr. – brittle spineflower

More Accounts and Images:
Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21007.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 08:52 AM CDT