Flora of North America species comparison

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Scopulophila rixfordii

Rixford rockwort, Rixford's Rock wort, Rixfords' scopulophila
Stems

10–30 cm, glabrous except densely woolly at base.
Leaves

stipules 0.8–3.5 mm;

leaf pairs equal;

blade 8–25 mm, fleshy.
Inflorescences

2–4-flowered.
Flowers

perianth 2.2–4.2 mm;

hypanthium green, becoming brown and hard, terete to angular;

sepals erect to spreading, central portion green, linear to oblong, concave, often unequal, fleshy, scarious portion becoming deciduous with age;

staminodes slightly longer than sepals.
Seeds

0.9–1.1 mm.
Utricles

ovoid.

Scopulophila rixfordii
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Limestone and quartzite outcrops
Elevation 1200-1600 m (3900-5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV
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Source FNA vol. 5, p. 48.
Parent taxa Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Paronychioideae > Scopulophila
Synonyms Achyronychia rixfordii
Name authority (Brandegee) Munz & I. M. Johnston: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 351. (1923)
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