Carpenteria - Revision history

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Carpenteria californica''
| status = {{StatusEndangered}}
| image = Carpenteria californica0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cornales]]
| familia = [[Hydrangeaceae]]
| genus = '''''Carpenteria'''''
| species = '''''C. californica'''''
| binomial = ''Carpenteria californica''
| binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]]
}}
{{dablink|This page is about the Carpenteria plant. For information about the city, see [[Carpinteria]].}}

'''''Carpenteria californica''''', the sole species in the genus '''''Carpenteria''''', is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] native to [[California]]. It is closey related to the genus ''[[Philadelphus]]''. Common names include '''Tree-anemone''' and '''Bush-anemone'''.

It is a rare species, [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to only seven sites in [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]] and [[Madera County, California|Madera]] Counties, where it grows in [[chaparral]] between 340-1340 m altitude between the San Joaquin and King rivers. It is well adapted to [[wildfire]], reproducing by stump sprouts after burning; natural seedlings are rare.

It grows to 1-3 m tall, with flaky bark on older stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, lanceolate, 4-10 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad, glossy green above, blue-green to whitish and downy beneath. The [[flower]]s are 3-7 cm diameter, with 5-8 pure white petals and a cluster of yellow stamens; flowering is from late spring to mid summer. The [[fruit]] is a leathery [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 6-12 mm diameter, containing numerous [[seed]]s.

It is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in gardens with [[Mediterranean climate]]s, grown for its decorative flowers; it is now much commoner in cultivation than in the wild. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Bodnant' (a cold-tolerant cultivar hardy to -15°C in the [[British Isles]]) and 'Ladham's' with large flowers.

Note that ''Carpenteria'' should not be confused with the similarly spelled ''[[Carpentaria]]'', a genus of [[Arecaceae|palms]] native to northern Australia.

==External links==
*[http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Go?_id=carpenteria_californica&sort=DEFAULT&search=carpenteria California Native Plant Society: ''Carpenteria'']
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5602,5603,5604 Jepson's Flora of California: ''Carpenteria'']

[[Category:Cornales]]

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 {{Inc|
-Carpenteria (after Professor Carpenter, of Louisiana). Saxifragaceae. Ornamental shrub cultivated for its large fragrant white flowers.
+Carpenteria (after Professor Carpenter, of Louisiana). Saxifragaceae. Ornamental shrub cultivated for its large fragrant white flowers.{{SCH}}
 Evergreen: lvs. opposite, petioled, usually entire: calyx 5-parted; petals 5; stamens numerous; ovary almost superior, 5-7-celled; styles 5-7, connate at the base, with linear-oblong stigmas: fr. a many-seeded dehiscent caps, with numerous oblong seeds.—One species in Calif.
-This is a highly ornamental evergreen plant, with rather large opposite leaves and showy white and fragrant flowers in loose and terminal corymbs. Hardy only in warmer temperate regions. It requires a well- drained, light and sandy soil, and sunny, somewhat sheltered position; it especially dislikes moisture during the winter, and its perishing is more often due to an excess of moisture than to the cold. Propagated by greenwood cuttings under glass in summer, and by suckers, which it produces freely; also, by seeds sown in spring.
+Evergreen: lvs. opposite, petioled, usually entire: calyx 5-parted; petals 5; stamens numerous; ovary almost superior, 5-7-celled; styles 5-7, connate at the base, with linear-oblong stigmas: fr. a many-seeded dehiscent caps, with numerous oblong seeds.—One species in Calif.{{SCH}}
 }}
-'''''Carpenteria californica''''', the sole species in the genus '''''Carpenteria''''', is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] native to [[California]]. It is closey related to the genus ''[[Philadelphus]]''. Common names include '''Tree-anemone''' and '''Bush-anemone'''.
+==Cultivation==
-It is a rare species, [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to only seven sites in [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]] and [[Madera County, California|Madera]] Counties, where it grows in [[chaparral]] between 340-1340 m altitude between the San Joaquin and King rivers. It is well adapted to [[wildfire]], reproducing by stump sprouts after burning; natural seedlings are rare.
+==Species==
-It grows to 1-3 m tall, with flaky bark on older stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, lanceolate, 4-10 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad, glossy green above, blue-green to whitish and downy beneath. The [[flower]]s are 3-7 cm diameter, with 5-8 pure white petals and a cluster of yellow stamens; flowering is from late spring to mid summer. The [[fruit]] is a leathery [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 6-12 mm diameter, containing numerous [[seed]]s.
+==Gallery==
-It is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in gardens with [[Mediterranean climate]]s, grown for its decorative flowers; it is now much commoner in cultivation than in the wild. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Bodnant' (a cold-tolerant cultivar hardy to -15°C in the [[British Isles]]) and 'Ladham's' with large flowers.
+<gallery>
-Note that ''Carpenteria'' should not be confused with the similarly spelled ''[[Carpentaria]]'', a genus of [[Arecaceae|palms]] native to northern Australia.
+==References==
 ==External links==
-*[http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Go?_id=carpenteria_californica&sort=DEFAULT&search=carpenteria California Native Plant Society: ''Carpenteria'']
+*{{wplink}}
-*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5602,5603,5604 Jepson's Flora of California: ''Carpenteria'']
-'''Bold text'''
+{{stub}}

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	*[http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Go?_id=carpenteria_californica&sort=DEFAULT&search=carpenteria California Native Plant Society: ''Carpenteria'']		*[http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Go?_id=carpenteria_californica&sort=DEFAULT&search=carpenteria California Native Plant Society: ''Carpenteria'']
	*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5602,5603,5604 Jepson's Flora of California: ''Carpenteria'']		*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5602,5603,5604 Jepson's Flora of California: ''Carpenteria'']
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