Seymeria pectinata |
Seymeria scabra |
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comb seymeria, combleaf senna, Piedmont blacksenna |
limpia blacksenna |
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Stems | pubescent to villous, eglandular. |
strongly scabrid, glandular. |
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Leaves | blade margins pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid, pinnules lanceolate, surfaces not scabrid. |
blade margins pinnatifid or slightly 2-pinnatifid, pinnules lanceolate to linear, surfaces strongly scabrid. |
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Pedicels | 3–5 mm. |
1.5–4 mm. |
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Flowers | calyx lobes lanceolate; corolla yellow, sometimes with maroon spots on adaxial lobes, externally pubescent, internally pubescent between lobes and in a ring at stamen insertion; filaments tomentose to lanate distally, anthers dehiscing to 1/4 length. |
calyx lobes lanceolate, margins denticulate; corolla yellow, rarely with reddish streaks, externally glabrous, internally pubescent proximal to adaxial sinus, between lobes, and in a ring at stamen insertion; filaments glabrous distally, anthers dehiscing 1/2+ length. |
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Capsules | symmetric, pyriform, glabrescent to densely tomentose. |
asymmetric, +/- falcate, glandular-pubescent. |
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Seeds | irregularly shaped, wings present. |
globular to ovoid, wings absent. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Seymeria pectinata |
Seymeria scabra |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting Aug–Oct. | |||||
Habitat | Desert, semi-desert, exposed calcareous and gypseous soils. | |||||
Elevation | 1400–2500 m. (4600–8200 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC
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TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León) |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
In the flora area, Seymeria scabra is known from Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, and Presidio counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 564. | FNA vol. 17, p. 563. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Seymeria | Orobanchaceae > Seymeria | ||||
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Synonyms | Afzelia pectinata | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 737. (1813) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 118. (1859) | ||||
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