Petalonyx linearis |
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long leaf sandpaper plant, narrow-leaf sandpaper plant |
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Habit | Subshrubs, bushy, to 16 dm; branches of current season 10–38 cm. |
Leaves | petiole 0–1 mm; blade usually elliptic, sometimes falcate, without marked size dimorphism, to 42 × 5 mm, base acute, margins entire, apex rounded to acute. |
Inflorescences | 60-flowered. |
Flowers | ± radially symmetric; petals spatulate, 5 mm, claws distinct; stamens exserted distally (not laterally between petal claws). |
2n | = 46. |
Petalonyx linearis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy and gravelly canyon and arroyo bottoms, creosote bush scrub. |
Elevation | 20–1000 m. (100–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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Discussion | Petalonyx linearis is found in the Sonoran Desert. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 544. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Petalonyx |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 188. (1885) |
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