Phemeranthus rugospermus |
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prairie fameflower, rough-seed fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 2.5 dm; roots elongate, fleshily woody. |
Stems | ± erect, simple or sometimes branching. |
Leaves | sessile; blade terete, to 6 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 15 cm. |
Flowers | 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 | subglobose, 4 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1.2 mm, corrugate-rugulose overall. |
2n | = 24. |
Phemeranthus rugospermus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Sand or sandy soils, dunes, mounds, flats, banks, ridges, edges of igneous or metamorphic rock outcrops, along or near watercourses |
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MN; NE; TX; WI
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Discussion | 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. 494. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
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Synonyms | Talinum rugospermum |
Name authority | (Holzinger) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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