Polyctenium fremontii |
Polyctenium |
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desert combleaf, two-grooved combleaf, Washoe combleaf |
combleaf |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, cespitose, woody at base. | |
Stems | (2)5–16(20) cm, pubescent or sometimes glabrous above. |
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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. |
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Inflorescences | racemes; bracts 0, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending; (2)4–7(10) mm. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Seeds | 30–46, uniseriate, oblong, 0.7–0.9 × 0.3–0.5 mm, not mucilaginous when wetted; wingless; cotyledons incumbent. |
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Trichomes | dendritic mixed with fewer 2-rayed and larger simple trichomes. |
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Polyctenium fremontii |
Polyctenium |
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Distribution | ||
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 | ||
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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