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Desmanthus covillei

Coville's bundleflower
Habit Shrubs, erect, much-branched from base, 5–25 dm.
Stems

glabrous.
Leaves

2–5 cm;

stipules persistent, 1.5–2.5 mm, with flared, membranous bases, glabrous;

petiole 5–15 mm;

pinnae 1–3(or 4) pairs;

nectary sessile or stipitate, crateriform, interpinnal between proximal pair of pinnae;

leaflets 16–34, blades 4–8 mm, venation obscure except for eccentric midvein, sometimes also 1 short, arcuate vein from base, surfaces glabrous.
Peduncles

1–2.3 cm, 1–3.5 cm in fruit.
Flowers

stamens 10;

staminodia 7.5–17 mm, showy;

style exserted 3–5 mm beyond stamens.
Legumes

brown, straight to slightly arcuate, linear, constricted between seeds, dehiscent along both sutures, 5.5–13 cm × 2.7–4 mm, apex acute, rarely with short beak to 3 mm.
Heads

1 or 2 per axil, 23–43-flowered;

sterile flowers 5–16 per head; staminate and bisexual flowers 8–30 per head.

Desmanthus covillei
Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct, fruiting Sep–Dec.
Habitat Coastal plains, arroyos, foothills, canyons, slopes.
Elevation 700–1000 m. (2300–3300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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Discussion

Desmanthus covillei is the only shrubby member of the genus in the flora area. It is widespread in western Mexico but known in the flora area only from the Tucson Mountains in Pima County. The relatively large, showy inflorescences and large fruits are diagnostic.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (Mimosoid clade) > Desmanthus
Sibling taxa
D. acuminatus, D. bicornutus, D. brevipes, D. cooleyi, D. glandulosus, D. illinoensis, D. leptolobus, D. leptophyllus, D. obtusus, D. reticulatus, D. velutinus, D. virgatus
Synonyms Acuan covillei, D. covillei var. arizonicus, D. palmeri
Name authority (Britton & Rose) Wiggins: Field & Lab. 18: 128. (1950)
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