Ammannia grayi

S. A. Graham & Gandhi

Harvard Pap. Bot. 18: 75. 2013.

Common names: Stalkflower
Basionym: Nesaea longipes A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 68. 1852
Synonyms: Heimia longipes (A. Gray) Cory
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Herbs perennial, slender, 1–6 dm, glaucous throughout. Stems decumbent or trailing, branched or unbranched. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, 10–50 × 1–5 mm. Inflorescences solitary flowers; peduncle slender, 7–19 mm. Pedicels slender, 0.5–1 mm. Floral-tube campanulate, 3–6 mm; epicalyx segments shorter than sepals; sepals 6; petals 6, pale-pink or lavender, 4–7 × 3–5 mm; stamens (10–) 12 (–14); anthers green; style slender, well-exserted, 6–9 mm; stigma punctiform. Capsules 3.5 mm diam., included, circumscissile then splitting irregularly. 2n = ca. 50.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–fall (May–Sep).
Habitat: Limestone seeps along creek banks, on highly alkaline soil around springs and moist areas.
Elevation: 500–1500 m.

Distribution

N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Ammannia grayi"
dehiscent +  and introrse +
Shirley A. Graham +
S. A. Graham & Gandhi +
auriculate +  and cordate +
Nesaea longipes +
brochidodromous +
spatulate +, elliptic +, lanceolate +, linear-oblong +, oblong +, linear-lanceolate +  and linear +
membranous +
circumscissile +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (?) +
Stalkflower +
complanate +
persistent +
obconic +, cylindrical +, urceolate +, turbinate +  and campanulate +
N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
indehiscent +, septifragal +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
2-4-horned +
500–1500 m. +
campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +, pedicellate +, subsessile +  and sessile +
trichomelike +
Limestone seeps along creek banks, on highly alkaline soil around springs and moist areas. +
perennial +
amphibious +  and terrestrial +
slender +
compound +  and simple +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
deciduous +
submerged +  and emergent +
distinct +
1 +  and 1400 +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
pinnately-veined +
lavender +  and pale-pink +
distinct +
4mm +  and 7mm +
obovate +  and suborbiculate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering late spring–fall (May–Sep). +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
not +  and winged +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
3 +  and 250 +
concave-convex +, obovoid +  and semiglobose +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
alternating +
persistent +
subulate +  and deltate +
unbranched +  and branched +
anthocyanic +
creeping +  and decumbent +
submerged +
trailing +  and decumbent +
not throughout +  and glaucous +
4-angled +
punctiform +
petiolate +, subsessile +  and sessile +
well-exserted +
slender +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +
not +  and clonal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Heimia longipes +
Ammannia grayi +
Ammannia +
species +
aerenchymatous +
circumscissile +  and indehiscent +
indurated +, leathery +  and dry +
1 +  and 2 +