Phemeranthus rugospermus |
Phemeranthus humilis |
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prairie fameflower, rough-seed fameflower |
Pinos Altos fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 2.5 dm; roots elongate, fleshily woody. | Plants subscapose, to 0.8 dm; roots tuberous, turbinate, sometimes forked, fleshy. |
Stems | ± erect, simple or sometimes branching. |
± erect, usually simple. |
Leaves | sessile; blade terete, to 6 cm. |
sessile; blade terete, to 8 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 15 cm. |
cymose, over-topped by leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 3 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 deciduous, ovate, 3 mm; petals yellow, elliptic to obovate, 4 mm; stamens usually 5–8; stigma 1, subcapitate. |
Capsules | subglobose, 4 mm. |
ellipsoid to subglobose, sometimes trigonous, 4–6 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1.2 mm, corrugate-rugulose overall. |
with arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Phemeranthus rugospermus |
Phemeranthus humilis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Sand or sandy soils, dunes, mounds, flats, banks, ridges, edges of igneous or metamorphic rock outcrops, along or near watercourses | Dry, shallow, rocky soil on or near outcrops |
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) | 1600-1800 m (5200-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MN; NE; TX; WI
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AZ; NM; n Mexico |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. (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 humile |
Name authority | (Holzinger) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) | (Greene) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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