Talinopsis frutescens
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 15, plate 3, fig. A. 1852.
Illustrated
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Plants erect, to 6 dm. Leaves to 3 cm × 3 mm × 2 mm. Flowers: sepals green, often pinkish to reddish, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 6–8 mm; petals pale-pink to purple, oval to obovate, 8–10 mm. Capsules ovoid-conic, 9–18 mm. Seeds brown, 2 mm.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Desert scrub
Elevation: 1300-1600 m
Distribution
N.Mex., Tex., n Mexico (Chihuahua), n Mexico (Coahuila), n Mexico (Durango), n Mexico (San Luis Potosí), n Mexico (Zacatecas)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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oblong +
angled +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
subterete +
fleshy +
young +
slender +
ovoid-conic +
6-valved +
separating +
differentiated +
3-valved +
separating +
differentiated +
sessile +
irregular +
symmetric +
capsular +
dehiscent +
3-carpellate +
Present +
lateral +
spikelike +
sessile +
opposite +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
tufted-pubescent +
dilated +
plurilocular +
superior +
1-many +
absent +
fugacious +
distinct +
absent +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
1852 +
tuberous +
granulate +
estrophiolate +
brown +
many +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
distinct +
2;9 +
ovate;elliptic-ovate +
Illustrated +
opposite +
distinct +
branching +
suffrutescent +
glabrous +
dilated +
branched +
absent +
Talinopsis frutescens +
Talinopsis +
species +
persistent +