Phemeranthus sediformis |
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Okanagan fameflower, Okanogan fameflower, Okanogan talinum |
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Habit | Plants to 1 dm; roots elongate, fleshily woody. |
Stems | spreading to ascending, branching, bearing ± persistent, arcuate, bristlelike, less than 5 mm, proximal portions of midribs of old leaves, suffrutescent. |
Leaves | sessile; blade subterete, to 1.2 cm, base attenuate. |
Inflorescences | cymose, overtopping leaves; peduncle somewhat scapelike or not, to 5 cm. |
Flowers | sepals deciduous, ovate, to 4 mm; petals white, sometimes tinged pink or pale yellow, obovate to suborbiculate, to 8 mm; stamens 15; stigma 1, subcapitate. |
Capsules | subglobose, trigonous, to 4 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
Phemeranthus sediformis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Slopes, ledges, rocky soil |
Elevation | 1000-2000 m (3300-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Phemeranthus sediformis is poorly known and merits further study in the field and better representation in herbaria. When its characters and their ranges of variation are better known, it may prove to be indistinct from P. spinescens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 494. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Talinum sediforme, Talinum okanoganense, Talinum wayae |
Name authority | (Poellnitz) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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