Sida longipes

A. Gray

Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 19. 1852.

Common names: Long-stalked sida
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 315. Mentioned on page 312, 316.

Herbs or subshrubs, perennial, to 0.5 m. Stems ascending to erect, with stellate 0.1 mm hairs and glandular-hairs. Leaves: stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, subulate, 3–4 mm, 1/2–1 times length of petiole; petiole 6.3–40 mm, 1/4–1/2 length of blade, minutely stellate-hairy; blade narrowly linear, 2.5–8 cm, 6–20 times longer than wide, base truncate, margins dentate to base, apex subacute, surfaces stellate-hairy. Inflorescences axillary solitary flowers. Pedicels slender, 8–12 (–16) cm, usually 2+ times length of subtending leaves, much longer than calyx. Flowers: calyx obscurely 10-ribbed basally, 6–8 mm, stellate-hairy, lobes triangular; petals pale orange, 12 mm; staminal column minutely hairy; style 8–10-branched. Schizocarps subconic, 5–7 mm diam., minutely glandularpuberulent to subglabrous; mericarps 8–10, 3.5 mm, strongly reticulate laterally, apex muticous.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Arid shrublands, often on limestone
Elevation: 1000–1800 m

Discussion

Sida longipes is known from at least six counties in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Sida longipes"
muticous;subacute +
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
A. Gray +
rounded +, truncate +, subcordate +, cordate +  and cuneate +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
unlobed +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
stellate-hairy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Long-stalked sida +
reddish +, red-orange +, salmon-pink +, yellow-orange +, yellow +, cream +  and white +
Tex. +  and Mexico (Coahuila) +
well-differentiated +
1000–1800 m +
sparse;copious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
muticous +
Arid shrublands, often on limestone +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
triangular +
wedge--shaped +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
pale orange +
adnate +  and distinct +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +
stellate-hairy +
0.63 cm6.3 mm <br />0.0063 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
5mm +  and 7mm +
reniform +
persistent +
sessile +  and subsessile +
ascending;erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
8-10-branched +
stellate-hairy +
Dictyocarpus +, Malvinda +  and Pseudomalachra +
Sida longipes +
species +
subshrub +  and herb +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +