Cyphomeris gypsophiloides
Cyphomeris
red cyphomeris
cyphomeris
erect to ascending, 5–15 dm.
erect to reclining, often clambering through other vegetation, unarmed, with glutinous bands on internodes.
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.
subsessile to long petiolate, unequal in size in each pair;
blade thin or thick and slightly fleshy, base ± asymmetric.
terminal and axillary, pedunculate, racemose;
bracts deciduous, 1 at base of each pedicel, distinct, lanceolate, thin, translucent.
bisexual, chasmogamous and/or cleistogamous;
perianth of cleistogamous flowers forming low dome atop basal portion;
perianth of chasmogamous flowers slightly bilaterally symmetric, funnelform, strongly oblique, constricted beyond ovary, tube flared, limbs 5-lobed;
stamens 5 (fewer in cleistogamous flowers), exserted;
styles exserted beyond anthers;
stigmas capitate.
deep pink to red-violet, 7–10 mm.
slightly to notably gibbous, striate, 8–11(–14) mm, sometimes weakly warty at least on gibbous side.
clavate, ± gibbous abaxially, often gently incurved adaxially, stiffly coriaceous;
ribs 10, not well defined, with or without interrupted ridges or tubercules, glabrous.
Cyphomeris gypsophiloides
Cyphomeris
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.)
Species 2 (2 in the flora).
In its racemose inflorescence and clavate fruits, Cyphomeris resembles some species of Boerhavia Linnaeus, where its retention has been suggested by F. R. Fosberg (1978).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaf blades glabrous or glabrate, lanceolate to linear, margins entire; fruits 8-11(-14) mm, striate, sometimes weakly warty | C. gypsophiloides |
1. Leaf blades pubescent, ovate, broadly oblong, or rhombic, margins usually sinuate; fruits 6-8 mm, usually prominently warty on gibbous side | C. crassifolia |
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