Chamaesaracha coniodes |
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gray false nightshade, gray five eyes |
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Herbage | pubescent, viscid, hairs simple, dendritic in some populations, especially in s Texas, eglandular and glandular. |
Stems | decumbent to ± prostrate, pale green, 1–3 dm. |
Leaves | subsessile; blade linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate to rhombic, 2–6 × 0.5–2 cm, length 3–4 times width, margins shallowly to deeply lobed (occasionally only a few shallow lobes). |
Inflorescences | 1–5-flowered. |
Flowers | calyx 4–5 mm, densely pubescent, hairs mostly relatively long; corolla 5–15 mm diam. |
Berries | 8–10 mm diam. 2n = 48. |
Chamaesaracha coniodes |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct (mostly late spring–early summer, depending on rain). |
Habitat | Deserts, grasslands. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; KS; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion | Chamaesaracha coniodes is highly variable in leaf shape, vestiture, and stature. It is similar to C. darcyi and C. coronopus. Some populations are similar to C. sordida. The variation and its significance were discussed by J. E. Averett (2010b). J. Henrickson (2009) recognized C. texensis, which has simple hairs and may also have an understory of glandular hairs, as distinct from the type of C. coniodes, which has only dendritic hairs; this is part of the variability across the range of the species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Chamaesaracha |
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Synonyms | Solanum coniodes, C. texensis |
Name authority | (Moricand ex Dunal) Bentham & Hooker f. ex B. D. Jackson in B. D. Jackson et al.: Index Kew. 1(1): 505. (1893) |
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