Halimolobos jaegeri |
Halimolobos diffusa |
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Jaeger's halimolobos, Mojave fissurewort, Mojave halimolobos |
spreading fissurewort, spreading halimolobos |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | erect to ascending, often paniculately branched distally, 1.5–7.5 dm, trichomes sessile or subsessile. |
erect to ascending, often paniculately branched distally, (1.2–)3–7.5(–12) dm, trichomes sessile or subsessile. |
Basal leaves | absent on older plants. |
absent on older plants. |
Cauline leaves | petiolate or (distal) sessile; petiole 0.3–2 cm; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate to obovate, (1.5–)3–8(–11.5) cm × (7–)15–35(–46) mm (smaller distally), base cuneate, margins coarsely dentate to shallowly sinuate, surfaces with stalked to subsessile trichomes. |
petiolate or (distal) sessile; petiole 0.5–1 cm; blade oblanceolate, lanceolate to oblong, or elliptic, (1–)2–5.5(–7) cm × (4–)7–20(–30) mm (smaller distally), base cuneate, margins sinuately lobed or dentate, surfaces with minutely stalked to subsessile trichomes. |
Racemes | slightly to considerably elongated in fruit. |
slightly to considerably elongated in fruit. |
Flowers | sepals slightly spreading, 2–4 × 0.8–1.5 mm; petals (slightly spreading), spatulate or oblanceolate, (3.5–)4.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, claw obscurely differentiated from blade, to 1.5 mm; filaments spreading, 3.5–6 mm, equal to or longer than petals; anthers 0.7–1 mm. |
sepals slightly spreading, 1.2–2 × 0.4–0.7 mm; petals (slightly spreading), spatulate, (slender), 1.8–2.5 × 0.7–1 mm, claw distinctly differentiated from blade, 0.5–1 mm; filaments spreading, 2.2–3 mm, longer than petals; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate or slightly ascending, (3–)4–9(–12) mm. |
usually divaricate, rarely slightly descending, (2–)3–6(–9) mm. |
Fruits | divaricate or slightly ascending, curved or straight, torulose, linear, terete, (1–)1.5–2.6 cm × 0.6–0.9 mm; ovules 28–38 per ovary; style (1–)1.5–2.2 mm. |
divaricate or slightly descending, straight, subtorulose, linear, terete, 0.6–1.4(–1.7) cm × 0.5–0.8 mm; ovules 16–24 per ovary; style 0.7–1(–1.5) mm. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 0.9–1.2 × 0.5–0.6 mm. |
uniseriate, 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.6 mm. |
Halimolobos jaegeri |
Halimolobos diffusa |
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Phenology | Flowering early Jun-late Aug. | Flowering mid Jul-mid Nov. |
Habitat | Limestone cliffs, canyon walls, granitic slopes, rocky outcrops, crevices of volcanic cliffs | Shaded talus, ravines, granite outcrops, rock crevices, bluffs, steep canyons, limestone slopes, oak-juniper communities, igneous slopes |
Elevation | 1300-2400 m (4300-7900 ft) | 1100-2300 m (3600-7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Discussion | Halimolobos jaegeri is known in California from Inyo and San Bernardino counties and in Nevada from Esmeralda and Nye counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 558. | FNA vol. 7, p. 558. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Halimolobeae > Halimolobos | Brassicaceae > tribe Halimolobeae > Halimolobos |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Sisymbrium diffusum var. jaegeri, H. diffusa var. jaegeri | Sisymbrium diffusum, Hesperis diffusa, Sophia diffusa |
Name authority | (Munz) Rollins: Harvard Pap. Bot. 1: 46. (1993) | (A. Gray) O. E. Schulz: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 86[IV,105]: 228. (1924) |
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