Flora of North America species comparison

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Aristocapsa insignis

Indian Valley spineflower, Indian Valley spinycape
Habit Plants 0.2–1 × 0.2–0.8 dm.
Leaf

blades (0.3–)0.5–1.5 × (0.1–)0.2–0.4 cm.
Peduncles

1–2 mm.
Flowers

1.5 mm;

filaments 1.5–2 mm.
Achenes

1.5 mm.
Invo

-lucres 3–5 mm, faintly corrugate;

awns divergent, (1–)2–3 mm.
2n

= 28.

Aristocapsa insignis
Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Sandy soil in grassland communities, and in pine-oak or juniper woodlands
Elevation 300-600 m (1000-2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 476.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Aristocapsa
Synonyms Chorizanthe insignis, Centrostegia insignis, Oxytheca insignis
Name authority (Curran) Reveal & Hardham: Phytologia 66: 84. (1989)
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