Phemeranthus calycinus |
Phemeranthus humilis |
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largeflower fameflower |
Pinos Altos fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody. | Plants subscapose, to 0.8 dm; roots tuberous, turbinate, sometimes forked, fleshy. |
Stems | ascending or erect, simple or branching. |
± erect, usually simple. |
Leaves | sessile; blade subterete, to 7 cm. |
sessile; blade terete, to 8 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm. |
cymose, over-topped by leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 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, ovate, 3 mm; petals yellow, elliptic to obovate, 4 mm; stamens usually 5–8; stigma 1, subcapitate. |
Capsules | broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm. |
ellipsoid to subglobose, sometimes trigonous, 4–6 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
with arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
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Phemeranthus calycinus |
Phemeranthus humilis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops | Dry, shallow, rocky soil on or near outcrops |
Elevation | 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft) | 1600-1800 m (5200-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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AZ; NM; n Mexico |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 492. | FNA vol. 4, p. 492. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
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Synonyms | Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina | Talinum humile |
Name authority | (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) | (Greene) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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