Phemeranthus calycinus |
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largeflower fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody. |
Stems | ascending or erect, simple or branching. |
Leaves | sessile; blade subterete, to 7 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm. |
Flowers | sepals persistent, ovate to suborbiculate, 4–6 mm; petals pink- to red-purple, obovate, 10–15 mm; stamens 25–45; stigma 1, subcapitate, 3-lobed. |
Capsules | broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
Phemeranthus calycinus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops |
Elevation | 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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Discussion | Some populations of Phemeranthus calycinus are diploid while others are tetraploid, the latter probably the result of autopolyploidy (W. H. Murdy and M. E. B. Carter 2001). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 492. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
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Synonyms | Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina |
Name authority | (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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