Petalonyx nitidus |
Petalonyx parryi |
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shiny-leaf sandpaper plant, smooth sandpaper plant |
Parry's sandpaper plant |
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Habit | Subshrubs or shrubs, bushy to moundlike, to 6 dm; branches of current season 11–37 cm. | Shrubs, bushy to moundlike, to 15 dm; branches of current season to 13 cm. |
Leaves | petiole 1–4 mm; blade ovate, without marked size dimorphism, to 35 × 28 mm, base acute to obtuse, margins serrate to dentate, apex 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 | 10–30-flowered. |
35–65-flowered. |
Flowers | slightly bilaterally symmetric through curvature along length of flower; petals spatulate, 6–11 mm, claws postgenitally distally coherent, forming slitted corolla tube; stamens exserted laterally through slits 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 nitidus |
Petalonyx parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Sandy, gravelly, or rocky canyon slopes, arroyo bottoms, scrub. | Wash bottoms, desert plains, usually white to gray, clayey soils. |
Elevation | 400–2200 m. (1300–7200 ft.) | 400–1300 m. (1300–4300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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AZ; NV; UT |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 544. | FNA vol. 12, p. 544. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Petalonyx | Loasaceae > Petalonyx |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 300. (1873) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 72. (1874) |
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