Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa

EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems with 80-200 prickles per cm⊃2;. Leaf-blades: surfaces prickly on veins and prickly-hispid, often densely so, between veins. Capsules densely short-prickly as well as long-prickly, longest prickles 10-15 mm. 2n = ca. 112.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Prairies and foothills
Elevation: 1000-1800 m

Distribution

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Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"longest" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

unarmed +  and prickly +
densely prickly-hispid +  and glabrous +
Gerald B. Ownbey +
Greene +
palmate +  and subpalmate +
1×-lobed +, commonly shallowly +  and unlobed +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
subglobose +  and oblong +
short-prickly +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
lanceovoid +, oblong +  and ellipsoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Colo. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +  and Okla. +
1000-1800 m +
sessile +, pedicellate +  and symmetric +
conspicuous +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
transverse +, poricidal +, valvate +  and dehiscence +
Prairies and foothills +
tipped +  and hollow +
subterminal +
paniculate +  and racemose +
terminal +  and axillary +
2/3 +  and 4/5 +
alternate +  and opposite or whorled +
cauline +  and basal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
1-2-locular or +  and incompletely completely multilocular +
distinct +
obovate +
2 times number of sepals +
Flowering spring–summer +  and fruiting summer–fall. +
4-5-carpellate +
reflexed +  and spreading +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
white +  and orange +
carunculate +  and arillate +
subglobose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (?) +
list +  and count +
list +  and count +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
3 +  and 2 +
obovate +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
prickly +  and branching +
decumbent +, spreading +  and erect +
persistent +
3-5(-7)-lobed +
persistent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
prickly-hispid +
Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa +
Argemone squarrosa +
subspecies +
3 +  and 2 +