Turnera coerulea var. coerulea

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 168.

Herbs or shrubs, 0.2 [–1.5] m, hairs simple, glandular-hairs microcapitate. Leaves not aromatic; petiole 3–4 mm, with 2 apical nectaries; blade narrowly ovate or elliptic, 19–31 × 5–9 mm, base cuneate or attenuate, margins not revolute, serrulate, apex acute, surfaces pilose. Inflorescences epiphyllous, 2 cm; peduncle adnate to petiole; prophylls inserted at receptacle base, lanceolate or subulate, 6–7 × 0.5–1 mm, without nectaries. Flowers distylous; calyx 15 mm, tube 6.5 mm; petals white, sometimes veins purple at base, 15 × 10 mm; proximal part of filaments adnate along margins to floral-tube forming 5 nectar pockets, 6 mm in long-styled flowers, 10 mm in short-styled flowers; anthers basifixed; styles 7 mm in long-styled flowers, 5 mm in short-styled flowers. Capsules globose, 2–4 mm, verrucose. Seeds blackish, 2 × 1 mm; epidermis smooth; aril unilateral, 1.5 mm. 2n = 10, 20.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting Feb.
Habitat: Sunny, open places, dry or humid, often on rocky or sandy soil
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico, South America (Bolivia), South America (Brazil), South America (Guyana)

Discussion

Variety coerulea was collected once near Rockport, Aransas County; perhaps it has not persisted.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
María Mercedes Arbo +
de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
attenuate +  and cuneate +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
filiform +, serrate +  and crenate +
elliptic +  and ovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
verrucose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Tex. +, Mexico +, South America (Bolivia) +, South America (Brazil) +  and South America (Guyana) +
0–10 m +
short-styled +, long-styled +  and distylous +
3-valved +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
microcapitate +  and sessile-capitate +
Sunny, open places, dry or humid, often on rocky or sandy soil +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
not aromatic +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering and fruiting Feb. +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
subulate +  and lanceolate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
curved +  and straight +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
obovoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
penicillate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Turnera ulmifolia var. coerulea +
Turnera coerulea var. coerulea +
Turnera coerulea +
variety +
6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br /> (?) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
shrub +  and herb +