Source: Wikipedia
| Chamaebatia foliolosa | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Chamaebatia |
| Species: | C. foliolosa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Chamaebatia foliolosa | |
Chamaebatia foliolosa is a North American species of aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family known by the common names mountain misery, bearclover,[2] and tarweed.
Description
[edit]The stems are covered in dark brown bark. The fernlike foliage is made up of pinnate leaves up to 10 centimetres (4 in) long, with 8–17 main leaflets; these are made up of smaller leaflets.[2] The leaves are dotted with sticky glands.
The roselike flowers have rounded white petals and yellow centers ringed with many stamens.[2] The fruit is a brownish-black achene.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is endemic to the mountains of California, where it grows in coniferous forests.[2]
Ecology
[edit]The species has been documented as carrying out nitrogen fixation, unusual for a plant in its family.[3]
Black gum from the plant may stick to clothing, and it is highly flammable due to its resin.[4]
Uses
[edit]The Miwok, who called the plant kit-kit-dizze,[5] used it as an herbal remedy for colds, coughs, rheumatism, chicken pox, measles, smallpox and other diseases.[6]
In culture
[edit]The name mountain misery comes from the California gold rush, when early pioneers would trip and fall from the dense, stinky brush.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.
- ^ Heisey, Rod M.; Delwiche, C.C.; Virginia, Ross A.; Wrona, Anne F.; Bryan, Barbara A. (1980). "A New Nitrogen-Fixing Non-Legume: Chamaebatia foliolosa (Rosaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 67 (3): 429–431. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1980.tb07669.x. JSTOR 2442354.
- ^ Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 433. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
- ^ Bibby, Brian; Aguilar, Dugan (2005). Deeper Than Gold: Indian Life in the Sierra Foothills. Heyday. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-930588-96-0.
- ^ "Native American Ethnobotany Database". BRIT.org. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
External links
[edit]| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
.jpg){kind=small} | This Rosaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |