Warea amplexifolia
wideleaf pinelandcress
3.5–7(–8) dm.
sessile;
leaf blades ovate, oblong, to lanceolate, (1–)1.5–4 cm × 4–14(–16) mm, base always clasping stem, amplexicaul to strongly auriculate (auricles ovate, 3–9 × 2–6 mm), apex acute to obtuse.
1–5(–8) cm in fruit.
sepals white or pinkish, spreading or strongly reflexed, 5–8 × 0.4–0.6 mm;
petals white, pink, or purple, broadly obovate to orbicular, 7–10 mm, blade 3–5 × 2–4 mm, claw 4–5 mm, minutely papillate, margins entire;
filaments 12–15 mm;
anthers 1–1.5 mm;
gynophore slender, (8–)10–15 mm.
8–15 mm.
(3–)4–7 cm × 1.3–1.5 mm;
ovules 24–32 per ovary.
1–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm.
Warea amplexifolia
Of conservation concern.
Warea amplexifolia is known from Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Polk counties. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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