Flora of North America species comparison

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Drymaria glandulosa

Drymaria viscosa

Fendler's drymary

sticky drymary
Habit Plants annual, herbaceous, viscid, not glaucous.
Stems

prostrate, diffusely branched proximally, 5–20 cm.
Leaves

appearing whorled or opposite;

stipules deciduous, simple, filiform, 1–1.5 mm;

petiole absent or nearly so;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 0.3–1.5 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm, base attenuate, apex rounded to acute.
Inflorescences

axillary and terminal, somewhat congested, 4–7-flowered cymes.
Pedicels

shorter to longer than subtending bracts at maturity.
Flowers

sepals with 3 obscure veins arcing outward at midsection and ± confluent apically, lanceolate to narrowly ovate (herbaceous portion similar), 2.3–3 mm, subequal, apex obtuse (herbaceous portion acute to acuminate), not hooded, stipitate-glandular;

petals 2-fid for 1/2+ their length, 1.8–2.2 mm, 2/3–1 times sepals, lobes 1-veined, vein unbranched, spatulate, trunk absent, base gradually tapered, apex rounded.
Seeds

brown abaxially, transparent (or white embryo visible) adaxially, snail-shell- or teardrop-shaped, 0.6–0.7 mm;

tubercles minute, rounded.

Drymaria glandulosa

Drymaria viscosa
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Stabilized sand dunes
Elevation 200-300 m (700-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

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

Drymaria viscosa is often attributed to S. Watson ex Orcutt; however, as B. D. Parfitt and W. C. Hodgson (1985) correctly stated, C. R. Orcutt (1886) merely mentioned the name and did not publish it validly.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 12. FNA vol. 5, p. 14.
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. depressa, D. effusa, D. glandulosa, D. laxiflora, D. leptophylla, D. molluginea, D. pachyphylla
Subordinate taxa
D. glandulosa var. glandulosa
Name authority Bartling: in C. B. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 9. (1831) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 469. (1887)
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