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Velezia rigida is now known from at least eight counties in northern California; it was first collected in North America in 1896 (Jepson s.n., JEPS).
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 5 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Stems green to purplish, with widely divergent or dichotomous branches, 7-40 cm, rigid, glan-dular-hairy at least distally. Leaf blades 0.5-2 cm, margins scar-ious near base, ciliate. Pedicels 1.5-3.5 mm. Flowers: calyx tube 10-14 × 0.8-1 mm, lobes 1-1.2 mm, base swollen, hardened; petals narrowly obovate, 11-16 mm, coronal appendages 0.4-0.6 mm. Capsules with rounded tip; carpophore 0.2-0.7 mm. Seeds in 1 row, with abrupt but round point, 1.3-1.8 mm. 2n = 28 (Europe).
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 5 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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introduced; Calif.; Europe (Mediter-ranean region); sw, c Asia; Africa (Mediterranean region).
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 5 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Flowering spring-early summer.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 5 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat

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Oak and pine woodlands, open ridges, gravelly streambeds, serpentine areas; 50-800m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 5 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of North America @ eFloras.org
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee
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eFloras.org
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