Stanleya viridiflora |
|
---|---|
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 |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
|
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 | |
Name authority | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 98. (1838) |
Web links |