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desert combleaf, two-grooved combleaf, Washoe combleaf

combleaf

Habit Herbs perennial, cespitose, woody at base.
Stems

(2)5–16(20) cm, pubescent or sometimes glabrous above.

Leaves

cauline; (0.5)1–2.2(2.8) cm, persistent as pectinate spines;

lobes 2–5 per side, linear, with prominent midveins and a narrow band of blade; terminal lobes (2)4–7(10) × (0.3)0.5–1(1.5) mm;

petioles 0–3(5) mm, winged.

Inflorescences

racemes;

bracts 0, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending; (2)4–7(10) mm.

Flowers

sepals erect or ascending, caducous, oblong-ovate, 1.5–2 mm;

lateral pair not saccate;

petals obovate to oblanceolate, 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm; > sepals, white; aging to pink, not clawed;

tips obtuse, nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of all filaments;

stamens 6, tetradynamous;

anther tips obtuse;

ovules 30–46 per ovary;

septa complete;

styles (0.2)0.4–0.7(1) mm;

stigmas capitate; entire.

Fruits

dehiscent siliques or silicles, angustiseptate, linear or oblong; (2)4–13(18) × 0.9–2 mm, unsegmented;

valves not veined, not torulose; replums rounded.

Seeds

30–46, uniseriate, oblong, 0.7–0.9 × 0.3–0.5 mm, not mucilaginous when wetted; wingless;

cotyledons incumbent.

Trichomes

dendritic mixed with fewer 2-rayed and larger simple trichomes.

Polyctenium fremontii

Polyctenium

Distribution
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Discussion

Sagebrush areas, dry meadows, vernal pool margins, mudflats, rocky washes, dry stream beds, gravel bars. Flowering Apr–Jul. 1100–2000 m. BR, BW, ECas, Owy. CA, ID, NV. Native.

Genus composed of one species, P. fremontii.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 503
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 503
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Subordinate taxa
P. fremontii
Synonyms Polyctenium fremontii var. confertum, Polyctenium fremontii var. fremontii, Polyctenium williamsiae, Smelowskia fremontii, Smelowskia fremontii var. bisulcata, Smelowskia fremontii var. fremontii
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