Nissolia wislizeni |
Nissolia schottii |
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Arizona yellowhood |
Schott's yellowhood |
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Stems | prostrate, to 1.2 m, moderately white-pubescent and glandular-setose. |
twining, to 1 m, moderately crisp-pubescent to glabrate, sometimes glandular-setose. |
Leaves | 0.5–6 cm; stipules deltate-ovate, 5–7 × 1–2.5 mm; leaflets 5, usually folded when dry, axis recurved, blades orbiculate to elliptic, 4–20 × 4–22 mm, base obtuse to subcordate, apex obtuse to emarginate, mucronulate, surfaces puberulent to glabrate abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
3–8 cm; stipules lanceolate, 3–5 × 0.5–1 mm; leaflets 5, usually not folded when dry, axis ± straight, blades elliptic to rhombic, 5–40 × 3–25 mm, base obtuse, apex acute to obtuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrate. |
Inflorescences | 1–5-flowered, fasciculate. |
1–8-flowered, racemes or fascicles. |
Pedicels | 3–20 mm. |
5–7 mm. |
Flowers | calyx (3–)4–5 mm, puberulent and setose; tube (2–)3–4 mm × 3 mm; lobes deltate-subulate, 1 mm; corolla (8–)10–15 mm. |
calyx 5–7 mm, glabrous or glabrate, margins pubescent; tube (2–)3–4 × 2–3 mm; lobes subulate, 2–4 mm; corolla (8–)10–12 mm. |
Seeds | 5 × 3 mm. |
3 × 2–2.5 mm. |
Loments | 2–5-segmented, 20–40 mm, pubescent to glabrate; fertile segments 7–10 × 3–7 mm, sterile segment 6–11 × 3–7 mm; stipe 1–2 mm. |
2–4-segmented, 20–30 mm, pubescent to glabrate; fertile segments 4–6 × 4–5 mm, sterile segment 10–15 × 6–10 mm; stipe 1–2 mm. |
Nissolia wislizeni |
Nissolia schottii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open grasslands, mesas, slopes. | Mountain slopes, canyons. |
Elevation | 1500–1600 m. (4900–5200 ft.) | 700–1200 m. (2300–3900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas) |
AZ; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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Discussion | Nissolia wislizeni is known from Coconino County in the flora area. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Nissolia schottii is known from Pima County in the flora area. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Chaetocalyx wislizeni | Chaetocalyx schottii |
Name authority | (A. Gray) A. Gray: J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 25. (1861) | (Torrey) A. Gray: J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 26. (1861) |
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