Warea sessilifolia |
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sessile-leaf warea, sessileleaf pinelandcress |
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Stems | (sometimes stout), (1.5–)2.5–6.5(–8) dm. |
Cauline leaves | sessile; blade ovate to lanceolate, (0.8–)1–2.5(–4) cm × 3–15(–30) mm, base not clasping stem, obtuse or, rarely, minutely auriculate (auricles to 2 × 2 mm, those proximally on robust plants rarely larger), apex acute to obtuse. |
Racemes | 1–3 cm in fruit. |
Flowers | sepals white or purplish, strongly reflexed, 6–7 × 0.4–0.7 mm; petals purple or pink, broadly obovate to suborbicular, 7–11 mm, blade 2–5 × 2–5 mm, claw 4–6 mm, minutely papillate, margins entire; filaments 9–15 mm; anthers 1–1.5 mm; gynophore slender, 10–16 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | 9–12 mm. |
Fruits | 2.5–4.5 cm × 1–1.5 mm; ovules 22–40 per ovary; style rarely to 0.5 mm. |
Seeds | 1.2–1.5 × 0.9–1 mm. |
Warea sessilifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | Sand hills, pine barrens, sandy pinewoods, scrub oak and pine, turkey oak hills |
Elevation | 0-50 m (0-200 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; FL
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Warea sessilifolia is widespread in the Florida panhandle; in Alabama it is known only from Pike County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 743. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Warea |
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Name authority | Nash: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 101. (1896) |
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