Chamaesaracha sordida |
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hairy five eyes |
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Herbage | densely pubescent, viscid, hairs simple, mostly glandular. |
Stems | decumbent to suberect, green, 1–3 dm (1.5 mm diam.). |
Leaves | subsessile; blade oblanceolate to rhombic, 1.5–4 × 0.4–0.8(–1) cm, length 4–5 times width, margins sinuate or lobed. |
Inflorescences | 1–2-flowered. |
Flowers | calyx 4–5 mm, pubescent, especially along lobe margins; corolla 10–15 mm diam. |
Berries | 5–8 mm diam. 2n = 24. |
Chamaesaracha sordida |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct (mostly late spring–early summer, depending on rain). |
Habitat | Deserts, dry, open grasslands. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion | Chamaesaracha sordida is known from western Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. It is most closely related to C. coronopus and differs in having broader, mostly entire leaves. It is also similar to C. pallida; it lacks the relatively dense dendritic hairs on the leaves and has a generally more eastern distribution. Herbarium specimens from 2007 and 2008 indicate that it has been introduced into southern California (Clark Mountain Range, San Bernardino County) and may be naturalizing. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Chamaesaracha |
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Synonyms | Withania sordida |
Name authority | (Dunal) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 232. (1878) |
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