Frankenia jamesii

Torrey ex A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 622. 1873.

Common names: James’s sea-heath
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 410.

Shrubs, rounded, 1.5–5 dm; branches hairy, hairs retrorse-spreading to erect. Leaves: petiole sometimes absent, 0.1–1.5 mm, not or scarcely tapering toward blade, apex ± similar in width to base of blade; blade grayish yellow-green, narrowly ovate to linear, subterete, (1.5–) 2–7 (–8.5) × 0.5–1 mm, margins tightly revolute, abaxial surface mostly concealed, adaxial surface glabrous or with scattered hairs. Inflorescences simple (compound) dichasia or solitary flowers. Flowers: calyx 4.5–7 (–7.3) mm, lobes (4) 5, (0.4–) 0.5–1.2 mm; petals (4) 5 (6), white, spatulate, (5–) 8.5–12 mm; stamens (3–) 6 (–8), exserted, 5.3–8.5 mm; anthers yellow; style exserted, (2) 3 (4) -branched; ovary (2) 3 (4) -carpellate; ovules (2) 3 (4), attached to bases of sutures, pendulous on recurving funiculi. Seeds 1 per capsule, ovoid-conic, 2–3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Gypsiferous soil, sand dunes, sandy or silty soil or shale, near salt lakes and salt flats, shortgrass prairies
Elevation: 1100–2000 m

Discussion

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... more about "Frankenia jamesii"
with scattered hairs +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
Molly A. Whalen +
Torrey ex A. Gray +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
grayish yellow-green +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
subterete;narrowly ovate;linear +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
differentiated +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.73 cm7.3 mm <br />0.0073 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
cuneate +
broadening +
James’s sea-heath +
Colo. +, N.Mex. +  and Tex. +
1100–2000 m +
axillary +  and terminal +
4-6[-7]-lobed +
adnate +  and free +
Gypsiferous soil, sand dunes, sandy or silty soil or shale, near salt lakes and salt flats, shortgrass prairies +
retrorse-spreading;erect +
sessile +  and petiolate +
paired +  and opposite +
connate +
flattened +
erose-denticulate +, rounded +  and truncate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
(2)3(4)-carpellate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
distinct +
spatulate +
0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Sep. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
ivory;golden brown +
ovoid-conic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.53 cm5.3 mm <br />0.0053 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
rounded;noticeably angled +
(2)3(4)-branched +
Frankenia jamesii +
Frankenia +
species +
annual +, , +  and perennial +