Chamaesaracha sordida |
Chamaesaracha crenata |
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hairy five eyes |
tooth five eyes |
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Herbage | densely pubescent, viscid, hairs simple, mostly glandular. |
pubescent, viscid, hairs simple, long and eglandular intermixed with shorter glandular. |
Stems | decumbent to suberect, green, 1–3 dm (1.5 mm diam.). |
decumbent, pale green, (1.5–)3–4 dm. |
Leaves | subsessile; blade oblanceolate to rhombic, 1.5–4 × 0.4–0.8(–1) cm, length 4–5 times width, margins sinuate or lobed. |
petiole 1/3 total leaf length; blade ovate to broadly rhombic, 4–6 × 1.5–3.5 cm, length 2–2.5 times width, margins crenate or sinuate. |
Inflorescences | 1–2-flowered. |
1–5-flowered. |
Flowers | calyx 4–5 mm, pubescent, especially along lobe margins; corolla 10–15 mm diam. |
calyx 5–7 mm, densely pubescent, hairs mostly relatively long; corolla 5–15 mm diam. |
Berries | 5–8 mm diam. 2n = 24. |
8–10 mm diam. 2n = 24. |
Chamaesaracha sordida |
Chamaesaracha crenata |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct (mostly late spring–early summer, depending on rain). | Flowering Mar–Oct (mostly late spring–early summer, depending on rain). |
Habitat | Deserts, dry, open grasslands. | Deserts, dry grasslands, frequently on roadsides or dry desert washes. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 500–900 m. (1600–3000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila) |
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.) |
Chamaesaracha crenata occurs primarily in the Big Bend region of Texas and adjacent Coahuila, Mexico. Plants are robust, forming dense mounds. J. Henrickson (2009) included C. crenata within C. villosa. The two species are very similar; populations in and around Big Bend National Park compare more closely to the type of C. crenata. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Chamaesaracha | Solanaceae > Chamaesaracha |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Withania sordida | |
Name authority | (Dunal) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 232. (1878) | Rydberg: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 368. (1896) — (as Camaesaracha) |
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