Phemeranthus sediformis |
Phemeranthus humilis |
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Okanagan fameflower, Okanogan fameflower, Okanogan talinum |
Pinos Altos fameflower |
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Habit | Plants to 1 dm; roots elongate, fleshily woody. | Plants subscapose, to 0.8 dm; roots tuberous, turbinate, sometimes forked, fleshy. |
Stems | spreading to ascending, branching, bearing ± persistent, arcuate, bristlelike, less than 5 mm, proximal portions of midribs of old leaves, suffrutescent. |
± erect, usually simple. |
Leaves | sessile; blade subterete, to 1.2 cm, base attenuate. |
sessile; blade terete, to 8 cm. |
Inflorescences | cymose, overtopping leaves; peduncle somewhat scapelike or not, to 5 cm. |
cymose, over-topped by leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 3 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. |
sepals deciduous, ovate, 3 mm; petals yellow, elliptic to obovate, 4 mm; stamens usually 5–8; stigma 1, subcapitate. |
Capsules | subglobose, trigonous, to 4 mm. |
ellipsoid to subglobose, sometimes trigonous, 4–6 mm. |
Seeds | without arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
with arcuate ridges, 1 mm. |
Phemeranthus sediformis |
Phemeranthus humilis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Slopes, ledges, rocky soil | Dry, shallow, rocky soil on or near outcrops |
Elevation | 1000-2000 m (3300-6600 ft) | 1600-1800 m (5200-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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AZ; NM; n Mexico |
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.) |
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 sediforme, Talinum okanoganense, Talinum wayae | Talinum humile |
Name authority | (Poellnitz) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) | (Greene) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001) |
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