Mandevilla brachysiphon |
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Huachuca Mountain rocktrumpet, western rocktrumpet |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 2–4 dm; rhizomes present. |
Stems | sparsely to densely eglandular-pubescent, especially on younger growth. |
Leaves | opposite or subopposite, occasionally subverticillate; petiole 1–2 mm, pubescent; blade ovate-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, (8–)14–35 × (3.5–)6–15(–25) mm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, rounded, or slightly cordate, margins not revolute, apex acute, acuminate, or rounded, apiculate, surfaces densely eglandular-pubescent abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially. |
Peduncles | 0–1(–3) mm, pubescent. |
Pedicels | 7–15 mm, pubescent. |
Flowers | sepals reddish, oblong-ovate, 4–9 × 1–2.2 mm, pubescent; corolla white, often tinged with pink or red, often greenish below, eglandular-pubescent abaxially and adaxially, tube 13–20(–25) × 1.5 mm, throat (11–)15–20(–25) × 4–5 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely ovate, (10–)15–25 × 10–20 mm. |
Seeds | 5–7 × 1–1.5 mm. |
Cymes | 1(or 2)-flowered. |
Follicles | 55–120 × 4–5 mm, pubescent. |
Mandevilla brachysiphon |
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Phenology | Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall. |
Habitat | Desert scrub, desert grasslands, pine-oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 1000–1600 m. (3300–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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Discussion | Mandevilla brachysiphon has the westernmost distribution of our species. Within the flora area, M. brachysiphon is known only from southeastern Arizona (Cochise, Graham, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties), southwestern New Mexico (Hidalgo and Luna counties), and the Franklin Mountains of El Paso County, Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Apocynaceae > Mandevilla |
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Synonyms | Echites brachysiphon, Macrosiphonia brachysiphon, Telosiphonia brachysiphon |
Name authority | (Torrey) Pichon: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 106. (1948) |
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