genus Triphysaria

Member of broomrape family (family Orobanchaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.

See also cream sacs (Castilleja rubicundula var. lithospermoides).

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Triphysaria eriantha

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Triphysaria eriantha

plant ± purple
corolla 10–25 mm, > bract, yellow or white fading to pale purple
beak dark purple
pouches 3–4 mm deep

purplebeak owl’s-clover
Triphysaria micrantha

plant ± purple
corolla 8–15 mm, ± = bract, yellow
beak dark purple
pouches 1–2 mm deep

yellow-beak false owl’s-clover
Triphysaria versicolor

yellow-beak false owl’s-clover
Triphysaria versicolor

plant green-brown to yellow-brown [i.e. greenish]
corolla 12–22 mm, yellow or white fading to pale purple
beak ± yellow
pouches 2–4 mm deep

san francisco owl’s-clover
Triphysaria floribunda

plant yellow-brown [green]
corolla 10–14 mm, cream, stamens exserted

all other stamens are included

north peninsula

dwarf orthocarpus
Triphysaria pusilla

plant yellow-brown or ± purple
corolla 4–7 mm, ± purple

all other corollas are ≥ 8 mm

3 observed taxons / 4 unobserved taxons / 3 keys

Chris’s observations: 13 (12 are research grade)

Locations:

Henry Coe SP: 8
Joseph D. Grant CP: 2
Sunol Wilderness RP: 2
UCSC Campus Natural Reserve

Months:

Mar.: 2
Apr.: 8
May: 3

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora