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green princesplume, green-flower Prince's plume, perennial Prince's-plume, perennial stanleya

Habit Perennials; (caudex simple, covered with persistent petiolar remains); (glaucous), glabrous throughout.
Stems

erect, unbranched or branched distally, (2.5–)4–12(–14) dm.

Basal leaves

petiole 2–10(–16) cm;

blade lanceolate to oblanceolate or ovate, (2.2–)5–18(–22) cm × 10–40(–60) mm, margins often entire, sometimes dentate, rarely lyrate-pinnatifid.

Cauline leaves

sessile;

blade lanceolate, (2–)3.5–8.5(–11) cm × (2–)5–19(–28) mm (smaller distally, base auriculate to sagittate), margins entire.

Racemes

loose.

Flowers

sepals oblong-linear, 12–18 mm;

petals whitish to lemon yellow, narrowly oblanceolate, 13–20 × 1–3 mm, claw 7–11 mm, (nearly linear-lanceolate), slightly wider at base, (margins usually erose, rarely subentire and crisped);

filaments 11–20 mm;

anthers 3.5–6 mm;

gynophore (6–)11–22(–25) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, 4–9(–12) mm.

Fruits

divaricate or descending, curved inward, (torulose), subterete, 3–6(–7) cm × 1.2–2 mm;

ovules 28–50 per ovary;

style 0.04–0.3 mm.

Seeds

oblong, 2–3 × 1–1.2 mm.

2n

= 28.

Stanleya viridiflora

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities, limestone shale and rocks, red sandstone slopes, volcanic rocky slopes, clay knolls, steep bluffs
Elevation 1300-2700 m (4300-8900 ft)
Distribution
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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Discussion

Stanleya collina M. E. Jones is an illegitimate name that pertains to S. viridiflora.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 698.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Stanleya
Sibling taxa
S. albescens, S. bipinnata, S. confertiflora, S. elata, S. pinnata, S. tomentosa
Name authority Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 98. (1838)
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