View source for Petalonyx linearis

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|accepted_name=Petalonyx linearis
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci.
|place=1: 188. 1885
|year=1885
}}
|common_names=Narrow-leaf sandpaper plant
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Loasaceae;Petalonyx;Petalonyx linearis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Loasaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Petalonyx]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Petalonyx linearis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 544
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs,</b> bushy, to 16 dm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="season; season branch some measurement">branches of current season 10–38 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 0–1 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade arrangement or shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">blade usually elliptic, sometimes falcate, without marked size dimorphism, to 42 × 5 mm, base acute, margins entire, apex rounded to acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>60-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>± radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petal shape;petal some measurement;claw fusion">petals spatulate, 5 mm, claws distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="">stamens exserted distally (not laterally between petal claws).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen position;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Sandy and gravelly canyon and arroyo bottoms, creosote bush scrub.
|elevation=20–1000 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);Mexico (Sonora)
|discussion=<p>Petalonyx linearis is found in the Sonoran Desert.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Petalonyx linearis
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Loasaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Sandy and gravelly canyon and arroyo bottoms, creosote bush scrub.
|elevation=20–1000 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);Mexico (Sonora)
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci.
|publication year=1885
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_482.xml
|genus=Petalonyx
|species=Petalonyx linearis
|2n chromosome quantity=46
|apex shape=rounded;acute
|base shape=acute
|blade arrangement or shape=elliptic
|blade length=0mm;42mm
|blade shape=falcate
|blade width=0mm;5mm
|claw fusion=distinct
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|inflorescence architecture=60-flowered
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|petal shape=spatulate
|petal some measurement=5
|petiole some measurement=0mm;1mm
|season; season branch some measurement=10cm;38cm
|stamen position=exserted
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub;bushy
|whole_organism some measurement=0dm;16dm
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