Allotropa virgata

Torrey & A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]

in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. 6(3): 80, 81. 1858 ,.

Common names: Sugarstick
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 391.
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Inflorescences 1.5–5 dm; bracts white, thin, 0.5–3 × 0.2–0.9 cm. Flowers: sepals 4–7 × 1–1.5 mm; petals elliptic to orbiculate, concave, 3–6 × 2–4 mm, base not saccate, margins irregular to lacerate; stamens inverted at anthesis, depressed-ovoid, 3–5 mm; anthers 1–1.5 mm diam.; ovary 2–4 × 3–5 mm, glabrous; style 0.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm; stigma 1.5–2.5 mm diam., apex slightly depressed. Capsules 5-segmented, 4–7 × 6–8 mm. Seeds 0.5–1.2 mm. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Moist, mixed-deciduous or coniferous forests
Elevation: 70-3100 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."elongated" is not a number.

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0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
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persistent +  and deciduous +
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undifferentiated +
fusiform +
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loculicidal +
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multicellular +
whorled +, , +, opposite +, pseudoverticillate +  and alternate +
persistent +
scale-like +
reduced +
lacerate +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
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0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
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fusiform +
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2 +  and 5 +
linear +  and filiform +
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Illustrated +  and Endemic +
depressed-ovoid +
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decumbent +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
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