Flora of North America species comparison

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Phemeranthus calycinus

Phemeranthus rugospermus

largeflower fameflower

prairie fameflower, rough-seed fameflower
Habit Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody. Plants to 2.5 dm; roots elongate, fleshily woody.
Stems

ascending or erect, simple or branching.

± erect, simple or sometimes branching.
Leaves

sessile;

blade subterete, to 7 cm.

sessile;

blade terete, to 6 cm.
Inflorescences

cymose, much overtopping leaves;

peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm.

cymose, much overtopping leaves;

peduncle scapelike, to 15 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, 4 mm;

petals pink to magenta, ovate to obovate, sometimes mucronulate, 6.5–8 mm;

stamens 12–28;

stigmas 3, spreading widely, linear, 1/2–1/3 as long as styles.
Capsules

broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm.

subglobose, 4 mm.
Seeds

without arcuate ridges, 1 mm.

without arcuate ridges, 1.2 mm, corrugate-rugulose overall.
2n

= 24, 48.

= 24.

Phemeranthus calycinus

Phemeranthus rugospermus
Phenology Flowering May–Oct. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops Sand or sandy soils, dunes, mounds, flats, banks, ridges, edges of igneous or metamorphic rock outcrops, along or near watercourses
Elevation 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft) 0-500 m (0-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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from FNA
IA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MN; NE; TX; WI
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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.)

Within the overall area of its distribution, Phemeranthus rugospermus is nowhere abundant, its occurrence being everywhere spotty and localized. According to T. S. Cochrane (1993), the disjunctions probably reflect a history of long-distance dispersal from a center in the partially unglaciated Kansas and Nebraska sandhills, the present-day gaps resulting from a paucity of suitable habitats between that area and the others where it is now found. Even so, its discovery in Missouri, Arkansas, and/or Oklahoma would not be surprising.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 492. FNA vol. 4, p. 494.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus
Sibling taxa
P. aurantiacus, P. brevicaulis, P. brevifolius, P. calcaricus, P. humilis, P. longipes, P. marginatus, P. mengesii, P. parviflorus, P. rugospermus, P. sediformis, P. spinescens, P. teretifolius, P. thompsonii, P. validulus
P. aurantiacus, P. brevicaulis, P. brevifolius, P. calcaricus, P. calycinus, P. humilis, P. longipes, P. marginatus, P. mengesii, P. parviflorus, P. sediformis, P. spinescens, P. teretifolius, P. thompsonii, P. validulus
Synonyms Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina Talinum rugospermum
Name authority (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) (Holzinger) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001)
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