Petalonyx linearis |
Petalonyx parryi |
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long leaf sandpaper plant, narrow-leaf sandpaper plant |
Parry's sandpaper plant |
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Habit | Subshrubs, bushy, to 16 dm; branches of current season 10–38 cm. | Shrubs, bushy to moundlike, to 15 dm; branches of current season to 13 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. |
petiole 0.5–3.5 mm; blade ovate to elliptic, without marked size dimorphism, to 40 × 30 mm, base acute to rounded, margins usually crenate to serrate, sometimes small leaves entire, apex acute. |
Inflorescences | 60-flowered. |
35–65-flowered. |
Flowers | ± radially symmetric; petals spatulate, 5 mm, claws distinct; stamens exserted distally (not laterally between petal claws). |
strongly bilaterally symmetric; petals spatulate, 10–15 mm, claws postgenitally distally coherent, forming slitted corolla tube; stamens exserted laterally through slits between petal claws. |
2n | = 46. |
= 46. |
Petalonyx linearis |
Petalonyx parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Sandy and gravelly canyon and arroyo bottoms, creosote bush scrub. | Wash bottoms, desert plains, usually white to gray, clayey soils. |
Elevation | 20–1000 m. (100–3300 ft.) | 400–1300 m. (1300–4300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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AZ; NV; UT |
Discussion | Petalonyx linearis is found in the Sonoran Desert. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 544. | FNA vol. 12, p. 544. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Petalonyx | Loasaceae > Petalonyx |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 188. (1885) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 72. (1874) |
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