Krameria erecta

Willdenow in J. A. Schultes & J. H. Schultes

Mant. 3: 303. 1827.

Common names: Range or little leaf ratany heart-nut
Synonyms: Krameria glandulosa Rose & J. H. Painter K. palmeri Rose K. parvifolia Bentham K. parvifolia var. glandulosa (Rose & J. H. Painter) J. F. Macbride
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 26. Mentioned on page 25.

Shrubs, mound-forming, 1–2 m. Stems erect, with long and short-shoots, young branches green, becoming gray with age, strigose, tips often thorny. Leaves: blade linear to linear-lanceolate, on both long and short-shoots 0.5–15 × 0.5–2 mm, ape× acute to mucronate, surfaces strigose, sometimes with multicellular, stipitate, glandular-hairs. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers (on short-shoots only, often appearing clustered because of shoot compression). Flowers: sepals slightly cupped inward, bright pink or magenta, lanceolate to ovate, 8–10 mm; secretory petals pink, 2–3 mm, with oil-filled blisters mostly on distal portions of outer surfaces; petaloid petals 4–6 mm, connate basally, distinct portions green basally and pink or pink with purple edges distally, oblanceolate to reniform, 2–4 mm; stamens didynamous; ovary strigose; style pink. Capsules cordate in outline, with longitudinal ridge more pronounced on 1 face, 6 mm diam., glabrous or densely strigose, spines stout, 2–5 mm, each usually bearing curved, multicellular hairs on basal 1/2 and retrorse barbs near tip. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat: Sands, gravel ridges, limestone-derived soils.
Elevation: 0–1700 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Baja California Sur), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Sinaloa), Mexico (Zacatecas)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Krameria erecta"
Beryl B. Simpson +
Willdenow in J. A. Schultes & J. H. Schultes +
brown +  and gray +
mucronate +, linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
gray +  and green +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
strigose +  and glabrous +
Range or little leaf ratany +  and heart-nut +
pink +  and purple +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California) +, Mexico (Baja California Sur) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Sinaloa) +  and Mexico (Zacatecas) +
0–1700 m. +
Sands, gravel ridges, limestone-derived soils. +
multicellular +
superior +  and adaxial +
yellow +  and green +
3 +, 2 +  and 5 +
smaller +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
adnate +  and connate +
Flowering Mar–Oct. +
pink +  and green +
oblanceolate;reniform +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
magenta +  and bright pink +
distinct +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
with retrorse or recurved barbs +  and smooth +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Slender (?) +  and Stout (?) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
white +, green +  and pink +
villous +, strigose +  and canescent +
Krameria glandulosa +, K. palmeri +, K. parvifolia +  and K. parvifolia var. glandulosa +
Krameria erecta +
Krameria +
species +
evergreen +  and perennial +
shrub +  and mound-forming +