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36 +  and 18 +

dehiscent +

basifixed +

acute +  and rounded +

0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br />) +

J. Richard Abbott +

(S. Watson) J. R. Abbott +

cuneate +  and rounded +

Polygalasubspinosa s. +

1mm (3mm) +

obscure +

glabrous +

oblong +

reduced +

0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +

veined +

punctate +

dimorphic +

0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +

secondary +

obscure +

elliptic +  and obovate +

uniform +

glabrous +  and pubescent +

0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +

persistent +  and deciduous +

1 +

lanceolate +, ovate +  and elliptic +

absent +

0.88 cm8.8 mm <br />0.0088 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +

0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br /> (0.88 cm8.8 mm <br />0.0088 m <br />) +

ellipsoid +  and obovoid +

0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br /> (0.73 cm7.3 mm <br />0.0073 m <br />) +

Spiny or cushion or showy milkwort +

fascicles +

reduced +

1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +

green +  and yellow +

0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +

Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +  and Utah. +

1300–2400 m. +

connate +

sessile +  and pedicellate +

symmetric +

not grouped +

0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +

pink +  and rose +

in proximal leaf-axils +  and subterranean +

absent +

2 +  and few +

cleistogamous +  and chasmogamous +

0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (1.45 cm14.5 mm <br />0.0145 m <br />) +

samaroid +  and pseudomonomerous +

dehiscent +

glabrous +  and pubescent +

isodiametric +  and slightly oblong +

Gravelly soils derived from limestone, shale, lava, or tuff, or crevices of soft calcareous rocks on eroded hills, open slopes and flats, in desert scrub, open pinyon-juniper woodlands, mountain brush, ponderosa pine woodlands. +

spreading +  and slightly incurved +

perennial +

Present +

leaf-opposed +  and terminal +

reduced +

beaked +

0.54 cm5.4 mm <br />0.0054 m <br /> (0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br />) +

pubescent +  and glabrous +

0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +

petaloid +

adnate +

expanded +

2 +

reduced +

subsessile +  and petiolate +

alternate +

dimorphic +

basal +  and cauline +

absent +

0 length of seed (1/2 length of seed) +

2 (40) +

anthesis +

1 +

2 +

not +  and winged +

entire +

leaf-opposed +, axillary +  and terminal +

pubescent +  and glabrous +

0 +

1 +  and 3 +

2-loculed +

2[-8]-locular +

axile +

superior +

1 +

glabrate +

winged +

1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.05 cm20.5 mm <br />0.0205 m <br />) +

absent +

pubescent +  and glabrous +

0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +

absent +

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +

3 +

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +

0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +

Flowering spring–mid summer. +

syncarpous +  and 2[-8]-carpellate +

unlobed +

aggregated +  and fasciculate +

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +

2011 +

developed +

axillary +

terminal +

reduced +

3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12.5 cm125 mm <br />0.125 m <br />) +

thorn-tipped +

None +

usually brownish +  and whitish +

exfoliating +

glabrous +

arillate +

smooth +

blackish +

pubescent +

1 +

ellipsoid +

0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (0.49 cm4.9 mm <br />0.0049 m <br />) +

imbricate +

deciduous +

connate +

pubescent +  and glabrous +

5 +

lanceolate +, elliptic +  and ovate +

unequal +

0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.72 cm7.2 mm <br />0.0072 m <br /> (?) +

unarmed +

multistemmed +

clonal +

synoecious +

short +

capsular +

10 (2) +

9 +, 8 +  and 7 +

decumbent +  and prostrate +

prostrate +  and erect +

pubescent +, glabrous +  and glaucous +

2 +

not +  and petiolate +

absent +

1 +

1 +

multistemmed +

2.5dm (6dm) +

single +

0.5dm (2.5dm) +

subglabrous +  and pubescent +

Polygalaceae +

Rhinotropis subspinosa +

Rhinotropis +

species +

modified +

conduplicate +

reflexed +

2 +

crested +  and lobed +

2 +

Volume 10 +

erose +  and entire +

1.15 cm11.5 mm <br />0.0115 m <br /> (1.22 cm12.2 mm <br />0.0122 m <br />) +

0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br /> (0.59 cm5.9 mm <br />0.0059 m <br />) +

light green +

deciduous +

0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.15 cm11.5 mm <br />0.0115 m <br />) +

pubescent +  and glabrous +

obovate +  and elliptic-obovate +

narrow +

0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +

3mm;5.2mm +

9 +