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comb seymeria, combleaf senna, Piedmont blacksenna

limpia blacksenna

Stems

pubescent to villous, eglandular.

strongly scabrid, glandular.

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.

Pedicels

3–5 mm.

1.5–4 mm.

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.

Capsules

symmetric, pyriform, glabrescent to densely tomentose.

asymmetric, +/- falcate, glandular-pubescent.

Seeds

irregularly shaped, wings present.

globular to ovoid, wings absent.

2n

= 26.

Seymeria pectinata

Seymeria scabra

Phenology Flowering and fruiting Aug–Oct.
Habitat Desert, semi-desert, exposed calcareous and gypseous soils.
Elevation 1400–2500 m. (4600–8200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC
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from FNA
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.)

Key
1. Stems pubescent to villous; capsules densely tomentose.
subsp. pectinata
1. Stems pubescent to puberulous; capsules glabrescent to pubescent.
subsp. peninsularis
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 564. FNA vol. 17, p. 563.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Seymeria Orobanchaceae > Seymeria
Sibling taxa
S. bipinnatisecta, S. cassioides, S. falcata, S. scabra
S. bipinnatisecta, S. cassioides, S. falcata, S. pectinata
Subordinate taxa
S. pectinata subsp. pectinata, S. pectinata subsp. peninsularis
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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