Flora of North America species comparison

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Parryella

parryella
Habit Shrubs, unarmed, aromatic, dotted with conspicuous oil glands.
Stems

erect, glandular.
Leaves

alternate, odd-pinnate;

stipules present, caducous;

sessile;

leaflets 17–41, blades linear-filiform or oblong-elliptic, margins entire, surfaces puberulent.
Inflorescences

10–50(–90)-flowered, terminal, racemes;

bracts absent.
Pedicels

relatively short, hairy.
Flowers

non-papilionaceous;

calyx narrowly campanulate, lobes 5;

corolla absent;

stamens 10, monomorphic, distinct;

anthers versatile;

ovary 2-loculed;

style sinuous;

stigma punctiform.
Fruits

legumes, sessile, slightly compressed laterally, obovoid, indehiscent, prominently gland-dotted.
Seeds

1 or 2, obovoid.
x

= 10.

Parryella
Distribution
from USDA
sw United States
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 1.

Parryella is part of the amorphoid group of legumes (Amorpha, Eysenhardtia, etc.), characterized by non-papilionaceous flowers (M. McMahon and L. Hufford 2004). The relationships of Parryella within this group are discussed under 61. Amorpha.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. Author: Leila M. Shultz.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae
Subordinate taxa
P. filifolia
Name authority Torrey & A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 397. (1868)
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