Cleomella hillmanii |
Cleomella brevipes |
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desert stinkweed, Hillman's cleomella, Hillman's stinkweed |
short-pedicelled cleomella, shortstalk cleomella, shortstalk stinkweed |
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Habit | Plants 10–55(–85) cm. | Plants 3–15(–35) cm. | ||||
Stems | sparsely branched proximally (central stem dominant); glabrous. |
profusely branched (erect or spreading and matlike); glaucous, scabrous. |
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Leaves | stipules 3–5-fid, 0.5–1 mm (scarious); petiole 2–6(–8) cm; leaflet blade elliptic, ovate, or ovate-oblong, 0.8–2.4 × 0.4–1.4 cm, thin, margins entire, apex obtuse to retuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous. |
stipules finely divided into crinkled threads, 2 mm; petiole 0.1–0.3 cm; leaflet blade linear-obovate, 0.5–1.5 × 0.1–0.3 cm, fleshy, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, mucronate, surfaces scabrous. |
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Inflorescences | racemes, terminating stems, 3–10 cm (2–20 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, 5–9 mm. |
solitary flowers in axils of closely spaced leaves throughout; bracts unifoliate, 8–10 mm. |
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Pedicels | divergent in fruit, 5–12 mm (4.5–17 mm in fruit). |
reflexed in fruit, 1–2 mm. |
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Flowers | sepals green, ovate-lanceolate, 1–2 × 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblong, (3.5–)4–8 × 1.8–2.2 mm, glabrous; stamens (well-exserted), yellow, 8–12 mm; anthers 2.5–3 mm; gynophore ascending, 3.5–15 mm in fruit; ovary ovoid, 1–1.3 mm; style (0.7–)1–2 mm. |
sepals green, ovate, 0.8–1.2 × 0.3–0.7 mm, glabrous; petals pale yellow, oblong, 1.5–2 × 0.5–1 mm, glabrous; stamens yellow, 1.5–2.2 mm; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; gynophore strongly reflexed, 0.5–3 mm in fruit; ovary globose, 1–1.5 mm; style 2–3(–5) mm. |
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Capsules | rhomboidal, 3.5–6 × 4–10.5 mm, glabrous. |
globose or deltoid, 2–3 × 2–3.2 mm, glabrous, (valves triangular). |
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Seeds | (1 or) 2–6, stramineous, globose, 2–2.7 mm, smooth. |
1–4, yellowish, globose, 1.3–1.7 mm, smooth. |
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Cleomella hillmanii |
Cleomella brevipes |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. | |||||
Habitat | Alkaline marshes, wet saline soils around thermal springs | |||||
Elevation | 400-1400 m (1300-4600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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CA; NV
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 210. | FNA vol. 7, p. 210. | ||||
Parent taxa | Cleomaceae > Cleomella | Cleomaceae > Cleomella | ||||
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Name authority | A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18: 171. (1905) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 365. (1882) | ||||
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