Phemeranthus rugospermus |
Phemeranthus calycinus |
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prairie fameflower, rough-seed fameflower |
largeflower fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 2.5 dm; roots elongate, fleshily woody. | Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody. |
Stems | ± erect, simple or sometimes branching. |
ascending or erect, simple or branching. |
Leaves | sessile; blade terete, to 6 cm. |
sessile; blade subterete, to 7 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 15 cm. |
cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 25 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. |
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. |
Capsules | subglobose, 4 mm. |
broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1.2 mm, corrugate-rugulose overall. |
without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24, 48. |
Phemeranthus rugospermus |
Phemeranthus calycinus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Sand or sandy soils, dunes, mounds, flats, banks, ridges, edges of igneous or metamorphic rock outcrops, along or near watercourses | Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops |
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) | 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MN; NE; TX; WI
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AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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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.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 494. | FNA vol. 4, p. 492. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Talinum rugospermum | Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina |
Name authority | (Holzinger) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) | (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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