Flora of North America species comparison

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Cyphomeris gypsophiloides

red cyphomeris
Habit Herbs, glabrous or sometimes minutely and sparsely pubescent with pale, curved, occasionally gland-tipped hairs on stems and veins of leaves.
Stems

erect to ascending, 5–15 dm.
Leaf

blades broadly oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate to linear (and then subsessile), proximal blades 10–90 × 1–30 mm, proportionately wider than distal blades (except for linear-leaved forms), margins entire, plane, glabrous or glabrate.
Perianths

deep pink to red-violet, 7–10 mm.
Fruits

slightly to notably gibbous, striate, 8–11(–14) mm, sometimes weakly warty at least on gibbous side.

Cyphomeris gypsophiloides
Phenology Flowering mid summer–fall.
Habitat Rocky soils, washes, slopes, roadsides, limestone and calcareous soils, desert scrub to pine and oak woodlands
Elevation 500-2000[-2500] m (1600-6600[-8200] ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico (Sonora)
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Discussion

In the eastern and southern portions of its range, Cyphomeris gypsophiloides is often slightly pubescent, with slightly undulate leaf margins, and slightly warty fruits. Such plants may represent results of secondary contact with C. crassifolia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 32.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Cyphomeris
Sibling taxa
C. crassifolia
Synonyms Lindenia gypsophiloides, Boerhavia gypsophiloides, Senkenbergia gypsophiloides
Name authority (M. Martens & Galeotti) Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 428. (1911)
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