Tripterocalyx micranthus |
Tripterocalyx carneus |
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little sand verbena, sandpuffs, small-flower sand-verbena, small-flower sandpuffs |
wing sandpuffs |
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Stems | reddish, glandular-pubescent, ± viscid. |
often reddish, at least at nodes, short glandular-pubescent, viscid. |
Leaves | petiole 1–4 cm; blade lance-ovate to elliptic, 1–6 × 0.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or sinuate, ciliate; surfaces short glandular-pubescent, ± viscid, abaxial surface green or glaucous, adaxial surface green. |
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 | 5–15-flowered; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3–9 × 1–3 mm, thin and green or ± papery, base ± attenuate, margins glandular-puberulent, often ciliate, or glabrate to lightly glandular-puberulent. |
10–25-flowered; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 7–19 × 2–6 mm, papery, margins glandular short ciliate, base attenuate, glabrous or glabrate. |
Perianth | tube greenish to pink, 6–18 mm, limb greenish to pink, 3–5 mm diam., lobes inconspicuous. |
tube pink to magenta, 12–30 mm, limb pale pink to magenta, 8–13 mm diam., lobes showy, over 1.5 mm. |
Fruits | oval to round in profile, 10–20 × 10–20 mm, walls ± spongy on exterior, indurate on interior, ± smooth to rugose; lateral ribs, if extending into wings, only slightly raised; wings (2–)3(–4). |
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 micranthus |
Tripterocalyx carneus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Sandy soils, desert scrub, desert grasslands | Sandy soils, desert scrub |
Elevation | 800-2400 m (2600-7900 ft) | 1100-1600 m (3600-5200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; KS; MT; ND; NM; NV; SD; UT; WY; AB; SK
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NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Discussion | The names Abronia cycloptera A. Gray and Tripterocalyx cyclopterus (A. Gray) Standley are illegitimate, based on an attempt by Gray to rename A. micrantha Torrey. Gray believed A. micrantha to be a “precociously fertilized state” of what is here recognized at T. carneus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 70. | FNA vol. 4, p. 71. |
Parent taxa | Nyctaginaceae > Tripterocalyx | Nyctaginaceae > Tripterocalyx |
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Synonyms | Abronia micrantha | Abronia carnea |
Name authority | (Torrey) Hooker: Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 261. (1853) | (Greene) L. A. Galloway: Brittonia 27: 336. (1976) |
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