Flora of North America species comparison

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Drymaria glandulosa

Drymaria depressa

Fendler's drymary
Habit Plants annual, herbaceous, glabrous or minutely puberulent, not glaucous.
Stems

ascending to erect, generally branching at base, 0.5–5 cm.
Leaves

opposite;

stipules ± deciduous, simple, subulate, 0.5–1.2 mm;

petiole absent or nearly so;

blade orbiculate to spatulate (basal leaves) or oblong (cauline leaves), 0.3–1 cm × 0.2–3 mm, base attenuate, apex rounded to acute.
Inflorescences

terminal, congested to open, 3–25+-flowered cymes.
Pedicels

mostly shorter than subtending bracts at maturity.
Flowers

sepals with 3 prominent, ± parallel, apically confluent veins, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate (herbaceous portion ± oblong), 1.8–2.3 mm, ± equal, apex blunt or rounded, hood at ± right angle to apex, formed in part by scarious margins, glabrous;

petals 2-fid for ca. 1/2 their length, 1.5–2.8 mm, 3/4–1 times as long as sepals, lobes 1-veined, vein unbranched, linear, trunk absent, base gradually tapered, apex rounded.
Seeds

light reddish brown to tan, snail-shell- to teardrop-shaped, 0.5–0.6 mm;

tubercles minute, rounded.

Drymaria glandulosa

Drymaria depressa
Phenology Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat Rocky or gravelly slopes, disturbed areas in pine or aspen woodland
Elevation 2200-3100 m (7200-10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; Mexico; Central America
Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Drymaria depressa has been treated as a variety of D. effusa, from which it differs in a number of respects, as indicated in the key.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 12. FNA vol. 5, p. 11.
Parent taxa Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Polycarpoideae > Drymaria Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Polycarpoideae > Drymaria
Sibling taxa
D. cordata, D. depressa, D. effusa, D. laxiflora, D. leptophylla, D. molluginea, D. pachyphylla, D. viscosa
D. cordata, D. effusa, D. glandulosa, D. laxiflora, D. leptophylla, D. molluginea, D. pachyphylla, D. viscosa
Subordinate taxa
D. glandulosa var. glandulosa
Synonyms D. effusa var. depressa
Name authority Bartling: in C. B. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 9. (1831) Greene: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 153. (1905)
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