Scopulophila rixfordii

(Brandegee) Munz & I. M. Johnston

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 351. 1923.

Common names: Rixford’s rockwort
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Achyronychia rixfordii Brandegee Zoë 1: 230. 1890
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Stems 10–30 cm, glabrous except densely woolly at base. Leaves: stipules 0.8–3.5 mm; leaf pairs equal; blade 8–25 mm, fleshy. Inflorescences 2–4-flowered. Flowers: perianth 2.2–4.2 mm; hypanthium green, becoming brown and hard, terete to angular; sepals erect to spreading, central portion green, linear to oblong, concave, often unequal, fleshy, scarious portion becoming deciduous with age; staminodes slightly longer than sepals. Utricles ovoid. Seeds 0.9–1.1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Limestone and quartzite outcrops
Elevation: 1200-1600 m

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... more about "Scopulophila rixfordii"
rounded;acute;apiculate +
Ronald L. Hartman +
(Brandegee) Munz & I. M. Johnston +
stipulate +  and petiolate +
not +  and connate +
Achyronychia rixfordii +
often +  and needlelike +
linear +  and lanceolate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
smaller +
Rixford’s rockwort +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Ariz. +, Calif. +  and Nev. +
1200-1600 m +
straight +  and slightly curved +
staminate +, pistillate +  and sessile +
sometimes +  and indehiscent +
stalked +  and simple +
Limestone and quartzite outcrops +
brown +  and green +
terete +  and angular +
connected +
all +  and distalmost +
jagged to ciliate +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br />) +
fugacious +
4 +  and 5 +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
red spot;tan +
compressed +  and ovoid +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
erect;spreading +
linear-elliptic;orbiculate +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
ascending;erect +
woolly +  and glabrous +
terete;angular +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
[50 +  and 3 +
papillate +
triangular +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
filiform +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Scopulophila rixfordii +
Scopulophila +
species +
divided +
toothlike +
not rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +