Phemeranthus calycinus |
Phemeranthus brevifolius |
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largeflower fameflower |
pygmy fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody. | Plants sometimes mat-forming, to 0.6 dm; roots elongate, woody. |
Stems | ascending or erect, simple or branching. |
spreading-ascending, branching, sometimes suffrutescent. |
Leaves | sessile; blade subterete, to 7 cm. |
sessile; blade subterete, to 1.5 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm. |
cymulose or often only 1-flowered, usually slightly overtopping leaves; peduncle not scapelike, sometimes rudimentary, to 0.3 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. |
sepals deciduous, oval to orbiculate, to 4 mm; petals rose, lavender, or rarely white, obovate, to 10 mm; stamens 20–25; stigmas 3, sublinear. |
Capsules | broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm. |
subglobose to ellipsoid, 3.5–4 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
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Phemeranthus calycinus |
Phemeranthus brevifolius |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. | Flowering Jun–Oct. |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops | Dry, rocky slopes and ledges in sand pockets |
Elevation | 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft) | 1500-2200 m (4900-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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AZ; NM; UT |
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.) |
Reports of Phemeranthus brevifolius from western Texas and southern New Mexico, where it does not actually occur, apparently have been based on misidentified specimens of P. brevicaulis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 492. | FNA vol. 4, p. 491. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina | Talinum brevifolium, Talinum brachypodum |
Name authority | (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) | (Torrey) Hershkovitz: Taxon 46: 222. (1997) |
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