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white entire leaf thelypodium

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entireleaf thelypody

Racemes

(congested), elongated in fruit;

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

(moderately to strongly congested), not elongated in fruit;

central rachis (4.3–)8–20 cm.

Flowers

petals white, (5–)6–9(–10) mm;

gynophore stout, (0.5–)1–3 mm.

petals white, (7.5–)8–11(–13) mm;

gynophore stout, (1–)1.5–4(–5.5) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

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

usually horizontal to reflexed, rarely divaricate, straight, whitish, stout, (6–)7–11(–13) mm, strongly flattened at base.

Fruits

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

usually horizontal to reflexed, rarely divaricate, straight or incurved to arcuate, (2.2–)3.5–6.5(–8) cm.

2n

= 26.

Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. affine

Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. longicarpum

Phenology Flowering Jun–Oct. Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Desert flats, shrub communities, alkaline grounds Canyons, shrub communities
Elevation 600-1800 m (2000-5900 ft) 500-1300 m (1600-4300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AZ
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies longicarpum is known from the Grand Canyon National Park and adjacent canyons of the Colorado River.

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

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. gracilipes, T. integrifolium subsp. integrifolium
Synonyms T. affine, Pleurophragma rhomboideum, T. integrifolium var. affine, T. rhomboideum T. integrifolium var. longicarpum
Name authority (Greene) Al-Shehbaz: Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 110. (1973) Al-Shehbaz: Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 111. (1973)
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