Flora of North America species comparison

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Anulocaulis annulatus

ringstem, valley ringstem
Habit Herbs, stout perennial.
Stems

0.5–2 m.
Leaves

4–6 pairs proximal to inflorescence;

petiole 1–7 cm;

blade broadly ovate to almost reniform, 2–10 × 2–9.5 cm, base broadly rounded to truncate or cordate, apex rounded to broadly obtuse, adaxial surface yellow-green, abaxial surface much paler, both surfaces moderately villous-hirsute, hairs with dark brown to blackish pustulate bases.
Flowers

5–15 in umbel-like clusters on branches of inflorescence;

perianth 9–10 mm, tube very pale pink to rose-pink, densely shaggy-hairy, limbs very pale pink to rose-pink, gradually flared;

stamens 3, exserted 1–2 mm.
Fruits

broadly fusiform, 3.5–6 × 2.1–2.7 mm, not secreting mucilage when wetted;

ribs 10, well defined, linear, low, narrow;

equatorial ridge absent or occasionally low, linear, and incomplete.
2n

= 24.

Anulocaulis annulatus
Phenology Flowering late winter–late summer, occasionally mid fall.
Habitat Dry, gravelly outwash fans, talus slopes, roadsides
Elevation 70-1200 m [230-3900 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 29.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Anulocaulis
Sibling taxa
A. eriosolenus, A. leiosolenus, A. reflexus
Synonyms Boerhavia annulata
Name authority (Coville) Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 375. (1909)
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