Mortonia scabrella
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 28. 1853.
Illustrated
Illustrator:
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Shrubs to 2.5 m. Leaves: blade broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 5–6 × 4–5 mm, length 1.2–1.3 times width, rigid, base round, margins not thickened, revolute, apex round to broadly acute, surfaces scabridulous. Inflorescences cymose-panicles. Flowers: sepals rounded-deltate, 1 mm; petals obovate-oblong, 2–2.5 mm. Fruits 3.5–4.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring and fall; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, hillsides, dry plains, ridges, ledges, rimrock.
Elevation: 300–1700 m.
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila)
Discussion
In the flora area, Mortonia scabrella occurs from trans-Pecos Texas to southeastern Arizona.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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perigynous +
dehiscing +
beaked +
round;broadly acute +
absent +
round +
1.2-1.3 +
1-veined +
obscure +
broadly elliptic;suborbiculate +
rigid +
scabrous +
terete +
nutlike +
symmetric +
bisexual +
nutlike +
oblong;cylindric +
loculicidal +
free +
absent +
Present +
simple +
fascicled +
persistent +
revolute +
not thickened +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
fleshy +
axile +
superior +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
perigynous +
white +
distinct +
absent +
obovate-oblong +
absent +
5-carpellate +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
1853 +
not winged +
oblong +
distinct +
rounded-deltate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
longitudinal +
Illustrated +
adnate +
absent +
absent +
connate +
absent +
scabridulous +
Mortonia scabrella +
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