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Rhinotropis rimulicola var. mescalerorum
Photo is of parent taxon

mescalero milkwort
Flowers

2.9–4.5 mm;

sepals sparsely ciliate in proximal 1/2;

keel beak linear to oblong, 0.3–0.7 mm, length usually greater than 1.5 times width;

staminal column pubescent adaxially.
Seeds

2.8–3.2 mm, body (excluding aril and pubescence) (1.4–)1.7–1.9 mm.
2n

= 18.

Rhinotropis rimulicola var. mescalerorum
Phenology Flowering early–mid summer.
Habitat Crevices of limestone cliffs.
Elevation 1500–1700 m. (4900–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
NM
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety mescalerorum is known only from the type locality in the San Andres Mountains in Doña Ana County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Polygalaceae > Rhinotropis > Rhinotropis rimulicola
Sibling taxa
R. rimulicola var. rimulicola
Synonyms Polygalarimulicola steyermark var. mescalerorum
Name authority (T. Wendt & Todsen) J. R. Abbott: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 135. (2011)
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