Flora of North America species comparison

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Velezia rigida

velezia
Stems

green to purplish, with widely divergent or dichotomous branches, 7–40 cm, rigid, glandular-hairy at least distally.
Leaf

blades 0.5–2 cm, margins scarious near base, ciliate.
Pedicels

1.5–3.5 mm.
Flowers

calyx tube 10–14 × 0.8–1 mm, lobes 1–1.2 mm, base swollen, hardened;

petals narrowly obovate, 11–16 mm, coronal appendages 0.4–0.6 mm.
Capsules

with rounded tip;

carpophore 0.2–0.7 mm.
Seeds

in 1 row, with abrupt but round point, 1.3–1.8 mm.
2n

= 28 (Europe).

Velezia rigida
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Oak and pine woodlands, open ridges, gravelly streambeds, serpentine areas
Elevation 50-800 m (200-2600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Europe (Mediter-ranean region); sw Asia; c Asia; Africa (Mediterranean region) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Velezia rigida is now known from at least eight counties in northern California; it was first collected in North America in 1896 (Jepson s.n., JEPS).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 166.
Parent taxa Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Caryophylloideae > Velezia
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 332. (1753)
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