Chorizanthe

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Rigid spineflower (C. rigida)
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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.

Selected species:

• Chorizanthe angustifolia - narrowleaf spineflower
• Chorizanthe blakleyi - Blakley's spineflower
• Chorizanthe brevicornu - brittle spineflower
• Chorizanthe breweri - San Luis Obispo spineflower
• Chorizanthe corrugata - wrinkled spineflower
• Chorizanthe cuspidata - San Francisco spineflower
• Chorizanthe douglasii - San Benito spineflower
• Chorizanthe howellii - Mendocino spineflower
• Chorizanthe membranacea - pink spineflower
• Chorizanthe obovata - spoonsepal spineflower
• Chorizanthe orcuttiana - San Diego spineflower
• Chorizanthe pungens - Monterey spineflower
• Chorizanthe rectispina - prickly spineflower
• Chorizanthe rigida - devil's spineflower, rigid spineflower
• Chorizanthe staticoides - turkish rugging
• Chorizanthe stellulata - starlet spineflower
• Chorizanthe valida - Sonoma spineflower
• Chorizanthe watsonii - fivetooth spineflower
• Chorizanthe wheeleri - Santa Barbara spineflower
• Chorizanthe xanti - Riverside spineflower

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Key to the genus