Cleomella hillmanii |
Cleomella longipes |
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desert stinkweed, Hillman's cleomella, Hillman's stinkweed |
Chiricahua Mountain stinkweed |
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Habit | Plants 10–55(–85) cm. | Plants (rarely perennial) 30–80 cm. | ||||
Stems | sparsely branched proximally (central stem dominant); glabrous. |
sparsely branched (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. |
stipules linear, 0.5–1 mm (scarious); petiole 0.8–2 cm; leaflet blade oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.4–1 cm, thin, margins entire, apex acute to rounded or slightly emarginate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Inflorescences | racemes, terminating stems, 3–10 cm (2–20 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, 5–9 mm. |
racemes, terminating stems and branches, 2–12 cm (10–50 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, 5–12 mm (distalmost flowers often absent). |
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Pedicels | divergent in fruit, 5–12 mm (4.5–17 mm in fruit). |
ascending in fruit, 4–6 mm (5–8 mm in fruit). |
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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, lanceolate, 0.9–2.2 × 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblong, 6–9 × 2–4 mm, glabrous; stamens yellow, 8–12 mm; anthers 1.5–1.9 mm; gynophore ascending, 6–17 mm in fruit; ovary rhomboidal, 1–1.5 mm; style 1–2 mm. |
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Capsules | rhomboidal, 3.5–6 × 4–10.5 mm, glabrous. |
rhomboidal, 4–8 × 6–10 mm, glabrous. |
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Seeds | (1 or) 2–6, stramineous, globose, 2–2.7 mm, smooth. |
6–16, dark brown, globose, 2–2.2 mm, smooth. |
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2n | = 34. |
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Cleomella hillmanii |
Cleomella longipes |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–late summer. | |||||
Habitat | Saline or alkaline flats | |||||
Elevation | 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico |
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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 | ||||
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Name authority | A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18: 171. (1905) | Torrey: Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 255. (1850) | ||||
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