familyPolygalaceae
genusHebecarpa
speciesHebecarpa palmeri

Hebecarpa palmeri

(S. Watson) J. R. Abbott

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 134. 2011.

J. Richard Abbott
Common names: Palmer’s milkwort
Basionym: Polygalapalmeri s. Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 325. 1882
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs, 0.6–3.5 dm. Stems erect to decumbent, hairs incurved. Leaves: blade ovate, elliptic, or obovate proximally, often narrower distally, 7–30 × 4–7 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse to truncate and mucronate, surfaces not translucent-punctate, hairs incurved. Inflorescences terminal or leaf-opposed, racemes, loose, 2.5–7 × 1.5–2.5 cm; peduncle 0.5–2 cm; bracts ovate. Pedicels 2–4.5 mm, pubescent. Flowers pale greenish yellow and purplish, 5–7 mm; sepals lanceolate, 1–2 mm; wings obovate, 5.7–6 × 2.8 mm, pubescent; keel 5.7–6 mm, pubescent. Capsules broadly oblong-ovoid to subglobose, 9–12 × 7–11 mm, not translucent-punctate, glabrous and ciliolate. Seeds 6 mm; aril 1–1.4 mm, lobes to 1/4 length of seed.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Open or brushy lime­stone slopes and plains in scrub.
Elevation: 400–1100 m.

Distribution

Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

In the flora area, Hebecarpa palmeri is known only from Val Verde County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther dehiscence
dehiscent +
Anther fixation
basifixed +
Apex shape
mucronate +, obtuse +  and truncate +
Aril some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Author
J. Richard Abbott +
Authority
(S. Watson) J. R. Abbott +
Base shape
cuneate +
Basionyms
Polygalapalmeri s. +
Blade architecture
veined +
Blade coloration or relief
punctate +
Blade growth form
dimorphic +
Blade length
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Blade position or structure subtype
secondary +
Blade prominence
obscure +
Blade shape
obovate +, elliptic +  and ovate +
Blade size
uniform +
Blade surface coloration or relief
not punctate +
Blade surface pubescence
pubescent +
Blade width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Bract duration
deciduous +
Bract quantity
1 +
Bract shape
ovate +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule coloration or relief
not translucent-punctate +
Capsule length
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Capsule pubescence
ciliolate +  and glabrous +
Capsule shape
broadly oblong-ovoid +  and subglobose +
Capsule width
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Common name
Palmer’s milkwort +
Corymb arrangement
fascicles +
Corymb size
reduced +
Distribution
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
Elevation
400–1100 m. +
Filament fusion
connate +
Flower architecture
sessile +  and pedicellate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower coloration
yellow and purplish +  and pale greenish +
Flower coloration or density
purple +
Flower location
in proximal leaf-axils +  and subterranean +
Flower quantity
1 +  and 5 +
Flower reproduction
cleistogamous +  and bisexual +
Flower some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Fruits capsule architecture
samaroid +  and pseudomonomerous +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
dehiscent +
Fruits capsule pubescence
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Fruits capsule shape
isodiametric +  and slightly oblong +
Habitat
Open or brushy limestone slopes and plains in scrub. +
Hair orientation
incurved +
Herb architecture or growth form
multistemmed +
Herb duration
perennial +
Herb some measurement
0.6dm (3.5dm) +
Inflorescence architecture
2(-4)-flowered +
Inflorescence position
leaf-opposed +  and terminal +
Keel coloration
yellowish green +  and yellow +
Keel pubescence
pubescent +
Keel reproduction
chasmogamous +
Keel shape
3-lobed +, crested +  and not beaked +
Keel some measurement
0.57 cm5.7 mm <br />0.0057 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Lateral inner sepal architecture
petaloid +
Lateral inner sepal fusion
adnate +
Lateral inner sepal size
expanded +
Lateral petal quantity
2 +
Lateral petal size
reduced +
Leaf architecture
subsessile +  and sessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf growth form
dimorphic +
Leaf position
basal +  and cauline +
Leaf presence
absent +
Lobe length
0 length of seed (1/4 length of seed) +
Locule atypical quantity
2 (40) +
Lower petal life cycle
anthesis +
Lower petal quantity
1 +
Lower sepal quantity
2 +
Margin architecture
not winged +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin coloration or relief
not punctate +
Margin position
leaf-opposed +, axillary +  and terminal +
Margin pubescence
ciliolate +, pubescent +  and glabrate or glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer sepal quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Ovary architecture
2-loculed +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2[-8]-locular +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pedicel architecture
winged +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel pubescence
pubescent +
Pedicel some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Peduncle presence
absent +
Peduncle some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Petal quantity
3 +
Phenology
Flowering spring–summer. +
Pistil architecture
syncarpous +  and 2[-8]-carpellate +
Publication title
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
Publication year
2011 +
Raceme architecture or fragility
loose +
Raceme length
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Raceme quantity
1 +
Raceme width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Reference
None +
Rootstock coloration
usually brownish +  and whitish +
Rootstock relief
exfoliating +
Seed architecture
arillate +
Seed architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed coloration
blackish +
Seed pubescence
pubescent +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed shape
ellipsoid +
Seed some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal duration
deciduous +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Sepal shape
lanceolate +
Sepal size
unequal +
Sepal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +
Shrub growth form
clonal +
Shrub reproduction
synoecious +
Slit height or length or size
short +
Species architecture
capsular +
Stamen arrangement
not grouped +
Stamen atypical quantity
10 (2) +
Stamen quantity
7 +  and 8 +
Stem growth form or orientation
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
erect +  and decumbent +
Stem pubescence
glabrate +  and pubescent +
Stigma quantity
2 +
Stipule architecture
not +  and petiolate +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Subapical pore quantity
1 +
Surface coloration or relief
not translucent-punctate +
Taxon family
Polygalaceae +
Taxon name
Hebecarpa palmeri +
Taxon parent
Hebecarpa +
Taxon rank
species +
Upper petal arrangement or vernation
conduplicate +
Upper petal orientation
reflexed +
Upper petal quantity
2 +
Upper petal shape
crested +  and lobed +
Upper sepal duration
subpersistent +
Upper sepal fusion
distinct +
Upper sepal pubescence
pubescent +
Upper sepal quantity
1 +
Volume
Volume 10 +
Wing atypical some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
Wing coloration
greenish +, yellowish +  and cream +
Wing duration
deciduous +
Wing length
0.57 cm5.7 mm <br />0.0057 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Wing pubescence
pubescent +
Wing shape
obovate +
Wing some measurement
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Wing width
2.8 +