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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Chorizanthe wheeleri
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=12: 272. 1877
|year=1877
}}
|common_names=Wheeler’s spineflower
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chorizanthe insularis
|authority=R. Hoffmann
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae;Chorizanthe;Chorizanthe subg. Amphietes;Chorizanthe sect. Ptelosepala;Chorizanthe wheeleri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chorizanthe]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Chorizanthe subg. Amphietes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chorizanthe sect. Ptelosepala]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chorizanthe wheeleri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 449, 465
|treatment_page=page 464
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>erect to spreading, 0.5–2(–2.5) × 1–2 dm, thinly pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade elliptic to oblong, 0.5–2 × 0.2–0.6 cm, thinly pubescent adaxially, tomentose abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> mostly flat-topped, openly branched, greenish to reddish; bracts persistent, 2, usually leaflike at proximal nodes and similar to leaf blades, short-petiolate, oblong, 0.5–1.2 cm × 2–4 mm, sessile, reduced and scalelike at distal nodes, linear, acicular, often acerose, 0.1–0.5 cm × 0.5–1 mm, awns straight, 0.5–1 mm. <b>Involucres</b> in dense terminal clusters with 1 at node of dichotomies, reddish, cylindric, not ventricose, 2–2.5 mm, corrugate, without scarious or membranous margins, thinly pubescent with stoutish, recurved hairs; teeth spreading, unequal, 0.3–0.8(–1) mm, with 3 longer ones more erect than 3 shorter and less-prominent ones; awns uncinate, 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> exserted; perianth white or rose or red with white lobes, cylindric, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous except for few scattered hairs ca. midlength along midrib abaxially; tepals connate 1/2 their length, monomorphic to slightly dimorphic, oblong, rounded apically, those of outer whorl usually slightly broader and longer than those of inner whorl; stamens 6, included; filaments distinct, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; anthers pink to red, oblong, 0.3–0.4 mm. <b>Achenes</b> brown, lenticular, 2.5–3 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Gravelly to rocky slopes, coastal scrub communities
|elevation=0-400(-600) m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Chorizanthe wheeleri</i> is a rare insular endemic known only from Santa Cruz and Santa <i>Rosa</i> islands.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chorizanthe wheeleri
|author=
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chorizanthe insularis
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Gravelly to rocky slopes, coastal scrub communities
|elevation=0-400(-600) m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1877
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_972.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
|genus=Chorizanthe
|subgenus=Chorizanthe subg. Amphietes
|section=Chorizanthe sect. Ptelosepala
|species=Chorizanthe wheeleri
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