Phemeranthus calycinus |
Phemeranthus validulus |
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largeflower fameflower |
tusayan fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody. | Plants to 1.2 dm; roots elongate, woody. |
Stems | ascending or erect, simple or branching. |
spreading-ascending overall, sometimes basally decumbent, branching. |
Leaves | sessile; blade subterete, to 7 cm. |
sessile; blade terete, to 4.5 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm. |
cymose, slightly to much overtopping leaves; peduncle ± scapelike or not, to 6.5 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 persistent, broadly lanceolate, to 4 mm, apex acuminate; petals white to purplish pink, paler at base, elliptic-ovate, to 9 mm; stamens (6–)7–18; stigma 1, subcapitate, sometimes 3-lobed. |
Capsules | broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm. |
ovoid, strongly trigonous, 5–7 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
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Phemeranthus calycinus |
Phemeranthus validulus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops | Woodland openings and bare slopes and summits in rocky soil on chert, basalt, and cinder |
Elevation | 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft) | 1800-2400 m (5900-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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AZ; NM |
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.) |
The more recently described Phemeranthus thompsonii may be indistinct from P. validulus and perhaps should be merged with it. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 492. | FNA vol. 4, p. 495. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina | Talinum validulum |
Name authority | (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) | (Greene) Kiger: Novon 11: 321. (2001) |
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