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white entire leaf thelypodium

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Racemes

(congested), elongated in fruit;

central rachis (3.7–)4.5–12(–16.5) cm.

(somewhat congested), considerably elongated in fruit;

central rachis (3–)8–20(–28) cm.

Flowers

petals white, (5–)6–9(–10) mm;

gynophore stout, (0.5–)1–3 mm.

petals usually white or lavender, rarely purple, (5–)6.5–9(–10) mm;

gynophore slender, (0.5–)0.8–3(–4) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal to divaricate, straight, whitish, stout, (5–)6–9(–13) mm, moderately flattened at base.

often horizontal, sometimes divaricate or slightly reflexed, straight, not whitish, stout, (2–)2.5–4.5(–6) mm, strongly flattened at base.

Fruits

usually horizontal or divaricate, rarely divaricate-ascending, incurved, (1.4–)1.9–3.7(–4.5) cm.

horizontal to divaricate or slightly reflexed, often incurved, sometimes straight, (0.8–)1.5–2.5(–3.3) cm.

2n

= 26.

= 26.

Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. affine

Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. gracilipes

Phenology Flowering Jun–Oct. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Desert flats, shrub communities, alkaline grounds Canyons, desert shrub communities, alkaline flats
Elevation 600-1800 m (2000-5900 ft) 1000-2500 m (3300-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 733. FNA vol. 7, p. 734.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium > Thelypodium integrifolium Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium > Thelypodium integrifolium
Sibling taxa
T. integrifolium subsp. complanatum, T. integrifolium subsp. gracilipes, T. integrifolium subsp. integrifolium, T. integrifolium subsp. longicarpum
T. integrifolium subsp. affine, T. integrifolium subsp. complanatum, T. integrifolium subsp. integrifolium, T. integrifolium subsp. longicarpum
Synonyms T. affine, Pleurophragma rhomboideum, T. integrifolium var. affine, T. rhomboideum T. integrifolium var. gracilipes, Pleurophragma gracilipes, Pleurophragma platypodum, T. gracilipes, T. rhomboideum var. gracilipes
Name authority (Greene) Al-Shehbaz: Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 110. (1973) (B. L. Robinson) Al-Shehbaz: Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 108. (1973)
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