Cleomella hillmanii |
Cleomella hillmanii var. hillmanii |
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desert stinkweed, Hillman's cleomella, Hillman's stinkweed |
Hillman's cleomella, Hillman's stinkweed |
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Habit | Plants 10–55(–85) cm. | |||||
Stems | sparsely branched proximally (central stem dominant); glabrous. |
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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. |
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Inflorescences | racemes, terminating stems, 3–10 cm (2–20 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, 5–9 mm. |
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Pedicels | divergent in fruit, 5–12 mm (4.5–17 mm in fruit). |
(6.5–)9–17 mm in fruit; gynophore (6–)7–15 mm in fruit (conspicuously longer than capsule). |
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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. |
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Capsules | rhomboidal, 3.5–6 × 4–10.5 mm, glabrous. |
4–7(–8) mm diam. |
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Seeds | (1 or) 2–6, stramineous, globose, 2–2.7 mm, smooth. |
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Cleomella hillmanii |
Cleomella hillmanii var. hillmanii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||
Habitat | Dry open usually alkaline meadows and flats | |||||
Elevation | 800-1900 m (2600-6200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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CA; ID; NV; OR |
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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. 211. | ||||
Parent taxa | Cleomaceae > Cleomella | Cleomaceae > Cleomella > Cleomella hillmanii | ||||
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Synonyms | C. longipes var. grandiflora | |||||
Name authority | A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18: 171. (1905) | unknown | ||||
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