Stanleya tomentosa |
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woolly princesplume |
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Habit | Perennials; (caudex simple, covered with persistent petiolar remains); pubescent or glabrous. |
Stems | erect, unbranched or branched distally, 5–15 dm, (tomentose throughout or glabrate distally). |
Basal leaves | petiole 0.3–1.2 cm; blade lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6.7–19(–23) cm × 20–50(–60) mm, margins runcinate, (surfaces densely tomentose). |
Cauline leaves | petiolate; (proximalmost similar to basal), blade lanceolate, 2–4 cm × 5–10 mm (smaller distally), margins entire to hastate. |
Racemes | dense, (considerably elongated in fruit). |
Flowers | sepals linear, 10–16 mm, pubescent; petals pale lemon yellow, linear, 12–21 × 1–1.8 mm, claw 8–15 mm, (nearly linear), slightly wider at base, glabrous; filaments 12–22 mm, glabrous; anthers 4–5.5 mm; gynophore 10–20 mm, glabrous. |
Fruiting pedicels | horizontal to divaricate-ascending, 11–22 mm, (pilose or glabrous). |
Fruits | suberect to ascending, straight, flattened, 4–7 cm × 1.2–2.2 mm; ovules 30–46 per ovary; style 0.02–0.3 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 1.8–2.6 × 1–1.5 mm. |
Stanleya tomentosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky limestone hillsides, knolls, steep grassy banks, sagebrush communities, stony clay slopes |
Elevation | 1300-2300 m (4300-7500 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; WY |
Discussion | Stanleya tomentosa is known in Wyoming from Big Horn, Hot Springs, and Park counties. R. C. Rollins (1993) recognized two varieties and distinguished them primarily on the basis of having sparsely pilose (var. tomentosa) versus glabrous (var. runcinata) distalmost stems. The distinction is artificial and unwarranted. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 698. |
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Synonyms | S. runcinata, S. tomentosa var. runcinata |
Name authority | Parry: Amer. Naturalist 8: 212. (1874) |
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