Ayenia compacta |
Ayenia jaliscana |
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California ayenia, compact ayenia, desert ayenia |
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Habit | Subshrubs, erect or decumbent, (0.1–)0.5–0.8(–1) m. Stems hairy, hairs stellate, arms appressed. | Shrubs, erect, to 2 m. Stems densely stellate-hairy to glabrate, hairs simple, fasciculate, and/or stellate, sometimes minutely stellate, not appressed. |
Leaves | petiole 0.5(–0.8) cm; blades of proximal leaves orbiculate to broadly ovate, 0.3–0.5 × 0.3–0.5 cm, distal ovate to ovate-lanceolate, unlobed, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.9 cm, base rounded to slightly cordate, margins serrate, ciliate, apex obtuse to subacute, 3(–5)-veined from base, surfaces stellate-hairy. |
petiole (0.4–)2–3.5 cm; blade broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly 3–5-lobed, 2.5–11 × (1.5–)2.5–7.5 cm, noticeably reduced in size distally on stem, base truncate to slightly cordate, margins dentate-serrate, apex acute to attenuate, 5–7-veined from base, surfaces: abaxial densely to sparingly hairy, hairs simple, bifurcate, and/or stellate, not appressed, adaxial sparingly hairy to glabrescent, hairs simple, bifurcate, and/or stellate, not appressed. |
Pedicels | 5–10 mm. |
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Flowers | sepals caducous, not present in young fruit, not reflexed at anthesis, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm, sparingly stellate-pubescent abaxially; petal claws 2–3 mm, lamina rhombic, 1–1.5 × 1.5–3 mm, base attenuate on claw, margins entire, apex notched, surfaces hairy abaxially, hairs simple, multicellular, abaxial appendage cylindric, 0.2–0.3 mm; androgynophore 1–1.5 mm; stamen filaments present; stigmas scarcely exserted. |
sepals caducous, not present in young fruit, reflexed at anthesis, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 3–3.5 mm, sparingly stellate-hairy abaxially; petal claws 2–2.5 mm, lamina ± rhombic, 1 × 1–1.5 mm, base deeply lobed, lobes oblong, margins erose, apex entire, glabrous, abaxial appendage absent; androgynophore 0.5–1 mm; stamen filaments absent; stigmas slightly exserted. |
Capsules | subglobose, (3.5–)4.5–5 × 3–4.5 mm, sparingly stellate-pubescent, prickles 0.1–0.3 mm. |
oblate to subspheric, 6 × 7 mm, densely short stellate-pubescent, prickles 0.5–1 mm. |
Seeds | 2–2.5(–2.9) mm, slightly to densely tuberculate. |
4 mm, tuberculate. |
Cymes | axillary, not borne on short shoots (brachyblasts), 1(or 2)-flowered; peduncle 1–2.5 mm. |
axillary or terminal, not borne on short shoots (brachyblasts), 3–5-flowered; peduncle 10–20 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
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Ayenia compacta |
Ayenia jaliscana |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting spring–early fall. | Flowering and fruiting late summer–early winter. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, gravelly or sandy washes, dry canyons | Rocky slopes, canyon bottoms, desert grasslands |
Elevation | 100–1200 m (300–3900 ft) | 1100–1200 m (3600–3900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora)
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AZ; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora) |
Discussion | In the United States, Ayenia compacta is known from southernmost California and Arizona; in Mexico, it is found on the Baja California peninsula and in Sonora on islands in the Gulf of California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 204. | FNA vol. 6, p. 205. |
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Byttnerioideae > Ayenia | Malvaceae > subfam. Byttnerioideae > Ayenia |
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Synonyms | A. californica | |
Name authority | Rose: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 321. (1905) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 133. (1891) |
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