Apacheria chiricahuensis
Madroño 23: 105, figs. 1, 2a. 1975.
Common names: Chiricahua rockflower
Conservation concernEndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 11.
Shrubs 7–50 cm (often wider than tall). Leaves 3.5–7.5 × 1–2.3 mm. Sepals 3–3.5 mm, usually 2 opposing sepals slightly narrower and longer than other pair. Follicles 4–5 mm. Seeds 1–1.5 × 0.8–1 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Nov.
Habitat: Rock crevices, cliff faces, on igneous or volcanic substrates (mostly rhyolite)
Elevation: 1700–2100 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Apacheria chiricahuensis has not been documented to occur outside the flora area; its presence in poorly botanized portions of adjacent northwestern Mexico is likely.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"narrower" is not a number.
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cartilaginous +
perigynous +
yellow +
dehiscing +
attached +
obscure +
white +
grayish tan;gray or black +
persistent +
tapered +
thickened +
oblanceolate;cuneate or spatulate +
herbaceous;slightly coriaceous +
sessile +
distinct +
simple +
Chiricahua rockflower +
narrow +
absent +
longer +
bisexual +
asymmetrically turbinate;narrowly obovoid turgid +
coriaceous +
opposite +
saucer-shaped;shallowly cupshaped +
Present +
opposite +
decurrent +
hyaline +
absent +
lobed +
fleshy +
thin +
1;22 +
2-3-flowered +
cluster +
absent +
perigynous +
distinct +
oblanceolate;oblanceolate-spatulate +
absent +
1;9 +
grooved +
longitudinal +
thin +
Madroño +
1975 +
arillate +
brown;yellowish-brown +
2;1 +
shiny +
papillose +
distinct +
slightly narrower and longer +
not cucullate;concave;lanceolate;ovate +
2-3-flowered +
fasciculate +
cluster +
longitudinal +
distinct +
unequal +
branched +
spreading +
capitate +
decurrent +
sessile +
absent +
triangular +
minute +
bractlike +
minute +
oblique +
indistinct +
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