Lepuropetalon spathulatum
Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 370. 1817.
Common names: Petiteplant little people
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 118.
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Herbs to 3 cm. Stems: internodes congested. Leaves: rosettes 1–3 cm, usually with 2 minute leaves proximally; blade spatulate, 3–10 × 1–2 mm, usually red-punctate in rows, surfaces glabrous. Pedicels 0.5–3 mm. Flowers: calyx 2–3 mm diam., sepals 1–1.5 mm; petals 0–0.4 mm. Capsules 1.3–1.6 mm. Seeds 0.2–0.3 mm, reticulate; endosperm absent. 2n = 46.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Damp mineral soils, sandy ditches, granitic outcroppings, sandy or gravely substrates, disturbed areas.
Elevation: 0–300 m.
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., e Mexico, South America (Chile), South America (Uruguay)
Discussion
Lepuropetalon spathulatum is among the smallest terrestrial angiosperms (D. R. Morgan and D. E. Soltis 1993).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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perigynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
absent +
red-punctate +
palmate +
obscure +
spatulate +
nutlike +
absent +
bisexual +
3-valved +
loculicidal +
obpyramidal +
Damp mineral soils, sandy ditches, granitic outcroppings, sandy or gravely substrates, disturbed areas. +
adnate +
absent +
Present +
congested +
simple +
fascicled +
absent +
rudimentary +
parietal +
inferior +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
perigynous +
not gland-tipped +
undivided +
opposite +
white +
distinct +
much shorter +
absent +
absent +
3-carpellate +
Sketch Bot. S. Carolina +
1817 +
not winged +
reticulate +
oblong +
connate +
longitudinal +
Illustrated +
absent +
erect +
absent +
connate +
absent +
glabrous +
Lepuropetalon spathulatum +
Lepuropetalon +
species +
fascicles +
hemispheric +
winter-annual +