Flora of North America species comparison

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Tripterocalyx carneus

wing sandpuffs
Stems

often reddish, at least at nodes, short glandular-pubescent, viscid.
Leaves

petiole 1–8.5 cm;

blade oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–9.5 × 1–4.5 cm, margins entire, often undulate, often scabro-ciliate;

surfaces glabrous or glandular-puberulent, adaxial surface usually glaucous.
Inflorescences

10–25-flowered;

bracts lanceolate to ovate, 7–19 × 2–6 mm, papery, margins glandular short ciliate, base attenuate, glabrous or glabrate.
Perianth

tube pink to magenta, 12–30 mm, limb pale pink to magenta, 8–13 mm diam., lobes showy, over 1.5 mm.
Fruits

oval in profile, 18–30 × 11–25 mm, walls indurate;

lateral ribs 1–3, or absent, if extending into wings, only slightly raised;

wings (2–)3(–4).

Tripterocalyx carneus
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Sandy soils, desert scrub
Elevation 1100-1600 m (3600-5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 71.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Tripterocalyx
Sibling taxa
T. crux-maltae, T. micranthus, T. wootonii
Synonyms Abronia carnea
Name authority (Greene) L. A. Galloway: Brittonia 27: 336. (1976)
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