Mirabilis linearis var. subhispida

(Heimerl) Spellenberg

Novon 12: 270. 2002.

Basionym: Mirabilis linearis forma subhispida Heimerl Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 5: 186. 1901
Synonyms: Allionia gausapoides Standley Mirabilis gausapoides (Standley) Standley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 54. Mentioned on page 53.

Stems usually erect or ascending, 2.5–12 dm, hirsute, at least basally. Leaf-blades 5–11.5 × 0.1–1 cm, surfaces glabrous or densely hispid. Inflorescences single involucres in axils, or terminal, well branched, with ± well-defined main axis; fruiting involucres 5–10 mm, crosswalls of peduncle hairs usually pale. Perianth pale to deep pink.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry open, sandy, rocky, or calcareous areas, prairies, roadsides, among juniper
Elevation: 1000-1500 m

Distribution

V4 103-distribution-map.gif

N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico

Discussion

Mirabilis linearis var. subhispida intergrades with Mirabilis rotundifolia and with M. albida through its named phases M. hirsuta, widespread on the Great Plains, and M. eutricha, from the southern plains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

acutely tapered;rounded +
Richard W. Spellenberg +
(Heimerl) Spellenberg +
glutinous +
acute +, attenuate +  and long +
constricted +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
Mirabilis linearis +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
green;blue-gray +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (11.5 cm115 mm <br />0.115 m <br />) +
lanceolate;linear;linear-lanceolate +
succulent +  and fleshy +
persistent +
distinct +, , +  and connate +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
branched +, congested +  and open +
subsessile +  and sessile +
N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +  and Mexico +
1000-1500 m +
curved +  and straight +
obovoid +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
cleistogamous +, chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
brown +, dark olive +  and olive brown +
tapering +  and obovate +
0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Dry open, sandy, rocky, or calcareous areas, prairies, roadsides, among juniper +
distributed +
crinkled +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
tinged with purple +  and pale green +
viscid-pubescent +  and hirsute +
bell--shaped +
accrescent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
herbaceous;papery +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (11.5 cm115 mm <br />0.115 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
strongly ascending;spreading +
unequal +
5-lobed +
pubescent +, glandular-puberulent +, glabrous +, glabrate +  and spreading-hirsute +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
entire +  and crisped +
pilose +, glandular-puberulent +  and spreading +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
pale;deep pink +
chasmogamous +  and cleistogamous +
5-lobed +  and flared +
constricted +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
interrupted +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +
rounded +  and round-angled +
coriaceous +
0.5-1 times width of sulci +
0.3-1 times as wide as high smooth or sometimes rugose on sides +
thick +  and thin +
cordlike +  and cylindric +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
Illustrated +
leafy +  and branched +
ascending +  and erect +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
inconspicuous +
cross-rugose +
mucilaginous +
hispid +  and glabrous +
slightly rugose +  and prominently tuberculate +
Allionia gausapoides +  and Mirabilis gausapoides +
ropelike +  and swollen +
Mirabilis linearis var. subhispida +
Mirabilis linearis +
variety +
proximal +
gland-tipped +
expanded +
large +  and small +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +