Ehrendorferia Explained

Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[1]

Species

There are two species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander Golden Eardrops California, and in Baja California.
Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California.

Notes and References

  1. Magnus Lidén . Tatsundo Fukuhara . Johan Rylander . Bengt Oxelman . 1997 . Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron . . 206 . 1–4 . 411–420 . 10.1007/BF00987960. 1997PSyEv.206..411L .

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