Flora of North America species comparison

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Phemeranthus spinescens

spinescent fameflower, spiny fameflower
Habit Plants to 3 dm; roots elongate, woody.
Stems

erect to ascending, simple or branching, bearing ± persistent, straight, spinelike, 5 mm or more, proximal portions of midribs of old leaves, suffrutescent.
Leaves

petiolate;

blade subterete, to 2.5 cm, base attenuate.
Inflorescences

cymose, overtopping leaves;

peduncle scapelike, to 20 cm.
Flowers

sepals deciduous, orbiculate to ovate, to 3 mm;

petals pale to bright rose or purplish red, elliptic to obovate, to 10 mm;

stamens 20–30;

stigma 1, subcapitate.
Capsules

ovoid-globose, 5 mm.
Seeds

without arcuate ridges, 1.2 mm.

Phemeranthus spinescens
Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Cliffs, ledges, and outcrops in basaltic soils
Elevation 700-1100 m (2300-3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 495.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus
Sibling taxa
P. aurantiacus, P. brevicaulis, P. brevifolius, P. calcaricus, P. calycinus, P. humilis, P. longipes, P. marginatus, P. mengesii, P. parviflorus, P. rugospermus, P. sediformis, P. teretifolius, P. thompsonii, P. validulus
Synonyms Talinum spinescens
Name authority (Torrey) Hershkovitz: Taxon 46: 222. (1997)
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