Dimorphocarpa candicans |
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni |
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Palmer's spectaclepod |
spectacle pod, touristplant, Wislizeni's spectaclepod |
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Habit | Annuals or biennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | unbranched proximally, branched distally, (3–)4–8(–10) dm. |
unbranched or branched basally, branched distally, (1–)2–6(–8) dm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 1–4(–6) cm; blade lanceolate to oblong or ovate, (2–)4–8(–10) cm × (10–)15–25(–40) mm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins dentate. |
petiole 1–4(–5) cm; blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (2–)3–7(–10) cm × 4–15(–20) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins pinnately lobed to coarsely dentate. |
Cauline leaves | (distal) sessile; blade usually ovate to narrowly oblong, rarely lanceolate, base obtuse to truncate, margins entire, sometimes repand. |
(proximalmost) petiole 1–4(–5) cm, (distalmost) shortly petiolate or subsessile; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, base cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, or repand. |
Flowers | sepals 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm, pubescent abaxially; petals white or lavender, (7–)8–10(–12) × 4–6(–7) mm, attenuate to claw, claw 2–3 mm, not expanded basally; filaments lavender or white, 3–4 mm; anthers 1–1.5 mm. |
sepals (2.5–)3–4 × 1–1.5 mm, pubescent abaxially; petals white or lavender, 4–7(–8) × (2.5–)3–4(–5) mm, attenuate to claw, claw 1–1.5 mm, expanded basally; filaments white, 2–3.5 mm; anthers 0.7–1 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate, (8–)10–16(–20) mm. |
divaricate to slightly reflexed, (6–)8–14(–22) mm. |
Fruits | each valve suborbicular or orbicular, (7–)8–10 × (6–)7–10 mm, base rounded, apex truncate, with or without narrow margin beyond indurated part surrounding seeds, glabrous or pubescent; style (0.3–)0.6–1(–1.2) mm. |
each valve usually transversely ovoid-oblong, rarely suborbicular, 4–5.5(–6) × (4–)5–7(–7.5) mm (often longer than wide), base slightly rounded, apex truncate, with or without narrow wing beyond indurated part surrounding seeds, glabrous or pubescent; style 0.5–1(–1.2) mm. |
Seeds | suborbicular-ovoid, 3–4 × 2.5–3 mm. |
suborbicular-ovoid, 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Dimorphocarpa candicans |
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Sep. | Flowering Feb–Oct. |
Habitat | Sandy hills and plains, prairies, sand dunes | Sandy roadsides, sandstone knolls, sand hills and dunes, sandy streambeds and dry washes, desert flats |
Elevation | 100-800 m (300-2600 ft) | 1000-2200 m (3300-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
KS; NM; OK; TX |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 605. | FNA vol. 7, p. 606. |
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Synonyms | Iberis candicans, D. palmeri, Dithyrea wislizeni var. palmeri | Dithyrea wislizeni, Biscutella wislizeni, Dithyrea griffithsii, Dithyrea wislizeni var. griffithsii |
Name authority | (Rafinesque) Rollins: Cruciferae Continental N. Amer., 361. (1993) | (Engelmann) Rollins: Publ. Bussey Inst. Harvard Univ. 1979: 24. (1979) |
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