Athysanus pusillus |
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common sandweed, dwarf athysanus, sandweed |
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Habit | Plants sparsely to densely pubescent proximally, sometimes glabrous distally. |
Stems | (0.2–)0.5–3(–5) dm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 0.1–0.5 cm; blade oblanceolate, obovate, or oblong, 0.3–1.5(–2) cm × (1–)2–6(–8) mm, margins entire or dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces uniformly pubescent, trichomes cruciform and 3-rayed, adaxially sometimes mixed with coarse, simple ones. |
Cauline leaves | 1–6; blade similar and equaling or smaller than basal. |
Flowers | sepals 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.7 mm; petals oblong, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 mm; filaments 0.4–0.6 mm; anthers (0.05–)0.1–0.2(–0.25) mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | slender, (1.5–)2–4(–6) mm. |
Fruits | usually orbicular to obovate, rarely broadly oblong, 1-locular, not twisted; valves thin, veins sometimes prominent, usually pubescent, rarely glabrous, trichomes simple, to 0.5 mm, hooked (sometimes restricted to margins, or mixed with smaller, sessile, cruciform or 3-rayed ones); septum absent; ovules 2(–4) per ovary; style 0.05–0.2 mm. |
Seeds | 1, (0.8–)0.9–1.1(–1.2) × (0.5–)0.7–0.9(–1) mm. |
2n | = 26. |
Athysanus pusillus |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jun. |
Habitat | Open grassy slopes, grassy glades in woodlands, chaparral, sandy and gravelly flats, flood plains, rock outcrops, cliffs and ledges, on limestone, serpentine, sandstone, granitic and basaltic substrates |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Records of Athysanus pusillus for Montana appear to be solely from Ravalli County, and for Nevada from Storey and Washoe counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 267. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Athysanus |
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Synonyms | Thysanocarpus pusillus, A. pusillus var. glabrior, Thysanocarpus oblongifolius |
Name authority | (Hooker) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 72. (1885) |
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