Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens
Great Basin Naturalist 46: 258. 1986.
Basionym: Allionia decipiens Stand ley in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 223. 1918
Stems usually decumbent-ascending, 1.5–13 dm, minutely puberulent, glabrate, or glabrous basally. Leaf-blades green, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–11 × 0.4–1.4 (–1.8) cm, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Inflorescences narrowly to widely forked, usually without main axis; fruiting involucres 4–6 mm, crosswalls of peduncle hairs usually dark. Perianth pink to deep purple-pink.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Open gravelly or sandy areas in brush, pine, or mixed conifer forests
Elevation: 1400-2800 m
Distribution
Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua)
Discussion
Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens probably represents populations intergradient between var. linearis and Mirabilis melanotricha.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
No values specified."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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nipplelike +
acutely tapered;rounded +
glutinous +
petiolate +
symmetric +
green;blue-gray +
glaucous +
lanceolate;linear;linear-lanceolate +
calyxlike +
colored +
persistent +
ovate +
colorful +
not showy +
large +
varying +
absent +
foliaceous +
few +
scanty +
connate +
incomplete +
symmetric +
aerial +
pubescent +
accessory +
1-carpellate +
distributed +
spreading +
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cymose +
racemose +
axillary +
forked +
net-veined +
translucent +
connate +
subtending +
bell--shaped +
accrescent +
herbaceous;papery +
single +
green +
linear-lanceolate;lanceolate +
0.4cm;1.4cm +
opposite +
strongly ascending;spreading +
equal +
5-lobed +
ovate +
basal +
symmetric +
pink;deep purple-pink +
constricted +
abundant +
basal +
Great Basin Naturalist +
1986 +
interrupted +
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angular +
paler +
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tuberculate +
coriaceous +
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0.3-1 times as wide as high smooth or sometimes rugose on sides +
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connate +
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3;5 +
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decumbent-ascending +
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cross-rugose +
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Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens +
Mirabilis linearis +
variety +
well-defined +
single +
well-defined +
single +
proximal +
1/5 +
gland-tipped +
curved +
narrow +
viscid +
perennial +