Fremontodendron decumbens

Species category

Shrub or Tree, Weed

Common name

Pine Hill flannelbush

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length 4.4–5 mm 
  • Width 2.7–3.7 mm 
  • Thickness 2.5–3.5 mm 

Color

Dark brown

Texture

Rough

Other structures

RadicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
cover appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
closely to seed surface.

Identification notes

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
at seed base and is the lower attachment to the radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
cover.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Malvaceae

Valid name

Fremontodendron decumbens R. Lloyd

Synonyms

Fremontodendron californicum (Torr.) Coville ssp. decumbens (R. Lloyd) Munz

 Fremontodendron decumbens.  Seeds with the hilum at the base that have the lower attachment to the radicle cover. 
Fremontodendron decumbens. Seeds with the hilum at the base that have the lower attachment to the radicle cover.