Chorizanthe


Chorizanthe is a genus of plants in the buckwheat family known generally as spineflowers. These are small, squat, herbaceous plants with spiny-looking inflorescences of flowers. The flowers may be in shades of red or yellow to white. The bracts are pointed and sometimes tipped with a hooked awn, and the inflorescence often dries into a rounded, spiny husk. Spineflowers are found in western North America and South America.
The word Chorizanthe comes from the Greek roots chorizo and anthos meaning "to divide," and "flower," thus meaning "divided flowers," but actually used in reference to the divided calyx.

Species

61 species are accepted.Chorizanthe angustifolia – narrowleaf spineflowerChorizanthe aphanantha Chorizanthe biloba – twolobe spineflowerChorizanthe blakleyi – Blakley's spineflowerChorizanthe brevicornu – brittle spineflowerChorizanthe breweri – San Luis Obispo spineflowerChorizanthe clevelandii Chorizanthe commissuralis Chorizanthe corrugata – wrinkled spineflowerChorizanthe cuspidata – San Francisco spineflowerChorizanthe dasyantha Chorizanthe diffusa – diffuse spineflowerChorizanthe douglasii – San Benito spineflowerChorizanthe eastwoodiae Chorizanthe fimbriata – fringed spineflowerChorizanthe flava Chorizanthe flavescens Chorizanthe frankenioides Chorizanthe gajardoi Chorizanthe glabrescens Chorizanthe howellii – Mendocino spineflowerChorizanthe inequalis Chorizanthe interposita Chorizanthe kingii Chorizanthe leptotheca – Ramona spineflowerChorizanthe macraei Chorizanthe membranacea – pink spineflowerChorizanthe mieresii Chorizanthe minutiflora Chorizanthe mutabilis Chorizanthe navasiae Chorizanthe novoana Chorizanthe obovata – spoonsepal spineflowerChorizanthe orcuttiana – San Diego spineflowerChorizanthe palmeri – Palmer's spineflowerChorizanthe paniculata Chorizanthe parryi – San Bernardino spineflowerChorizanthe peduncularis Chorizanthe polygonoides – knotweed spineflowerChorizanthe procumbens – prostrate spineflowerChorizanthe pulchella Chorizanthe pungens – Monterey spineflowerChorizanthe rectispina – prickly spineflowerChorizanthe rigida – devil's spineflower, rigid spineflowerChorizanthe robusta – robust spineflowerChorizanthe rosasii Chorizanthe rosulenta Chorizanthe spinosa – Mojave spineflowerChorizanthe staticoides – Turkish ruggingChorizanthe stellulata – starlet spineflowerChorizanthe turbinata Chorizanthe uniaristata – one-awned spineflowerChorizanthe vaginata Chorizanthe valida – Sonoma spineflowerChorizanthe ventricosa – Priest Valley spineflowerChorizanthe virgata Chorizanthe viridis Chorizanthe watsonii – fivetooth spineflowerChorizanthe wheeleri – Santa Barbara spineflowerChorizanthe xanti – Riverside spineflower