Rupertia
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Rupertia is a small genus of flowering plant
s in the legume family, Fabaceae
. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae
. There are three species native to western North America, especially California
. Two of the species are quite rare.
Three species:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the legume family, Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
. There are three species native to western North America, especially California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Two of the species are quite rare.
Three species:
- Rupertia halliiRupertia halliiRupertia hallii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Hall's California tea, or Hall's rupertia. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a small section of the northern Sierra Nevada foothills on the border between Butte and Tehama Counties...
- Rupertia physodesRupertia physodesRupertia physodes is a species of legume known by the common names California tea and forest scurfpea. It is native to western North America. Rupertia physodes is a low bushy perennial with often recumbent branches that may form a dense ground cover...
- Rupertia rigidaRupertia rigidaRupertia rigida is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Parish's California tea, or Parish's rupertia. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it is an uncommon member of the local mountain flora, growing in chaparral, woodland, and...