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Huachuca Mountain rocktrumpet, western rocktrumpet

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

Phenology Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat Desert scrub, desert grasslands, pine-oak woodlands.
Elevation 1000–1600 m. (3300–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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
Sibling taxa
M. foliosa, M. hypoleuca, M. lanuginosa, M. macrosiphon
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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