Rupertia hallii

Rupertia hallii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Rupertia
Species: R. hallii
Binomial name
Rupertia hallii
(Rydb.) J.W. Grimes
Synonyms

Hoita hallii
Psoralea hallii

Rupertia hallii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Hall's California tea,[1] 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.[2] It is a perennial herb approaching a meter in height with slender, leafy branches. The leaves are each made up of three lance-shaped or oval, pointed leaflets measuring up to 9 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a clustered raceme of several whitish or yellowish pealike flowers. Each flower has a tubular calyx of sepals and a corolla spreading to about a centimeter in width. The fruit is a hairy, gland-speckled legume around a centimeter long.

References

  1. ↑ "Rupertia hallii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ↑ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile


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