Crossosoma

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Crossosoma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Crossosoma (Greek, referring to a fringe-like body on the seeds). Ranunculaceae; by Bentham & Hooker referred to Dilleniaceae, and by Engler made the type of the family Crossosomataceae. Four much- branched woody plants of Mex., Ariz, and S. Calif.: very glabrous, with grayish bark and whitish wood: lvs. oblong or narrower, entire, alternate, nearly or quite sessile, some of them fascicled: fls. mostly white, solitary and short-stalked at the ends of the branchlets. C. californicum, Nutt., has been mentioned in gardening literature abroad: 3-15 ft. high: Lvs. 1-3 in. long, not much fascicled: fls. large, with nearly orbicular white petals more than ½in. long, the anthers long-oblong: follicles ¾in. or more long, many-seeded. Isl. of Santa Catalina. C. Biaehvii, Wats., is lower, the Lvs. mostly fascicled and fls. only half as large, the petals white or purplish. Ariz, to S. E. Calif. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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