Ibervillea tenuisecta
Fl. S.E. U.S., 1136. 1903.
Common names: Deer-apples
Basionym: Sicydium lindheimeri var. tenuisectum A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 75. 1852
Synonyms: Ibervillea lindheimeri var. tenuisecta (A. Gray) M. C. Johnston
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Stems to 1 m, glaucous. Leaves: petiole 1–2 cm; blade deeply pedately 3-lobed, 2–6 cm wide, slightly succulent, lobes narrowly oblong to linear, 2–5 mm wide, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences: staminate flowers 4–7 (–20) in racemes 0.5–1.5 cm. Petals 3–4 mm. Fruits bright red, globose, 1–1.5 cm. Seeds (2–) 5–9 (–12), 5–6 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky hills, draws, arroyos, flats, creosote-blackbrush, Chihuahuan desert scrub, commonly with Acacia, Chilopsis, Fallugia, Flourensia, Larrea, Opuntia, Parthenium, and Prosopis, mesquite-oak woodlands
Elevation: (300–)900–1600 m
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Tamaulipas), Mexico (Zacatecas)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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glandular-pubescent +
3-lobed +
succulent +
absent +
adnate +
Deer-apples +
narrow +
salverform +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
distinct +
vestigial +
staminate +
cluster +
4;7 +
unisexual +
berrylike +
bright red +
dehiscent +
glabrous +
globose +
Rocky hills, draws, arroyos, flats, creosote-blackbrush, Chihuahuan desert scrub, commonly with Acacia, Chilopsis, Fallugia, Flourensia, Larrea, Opuntia, Parthenium, and Prosopis, mesquite-oak woodlands +
perennial +
narrowly campanulate;cylindric +
umbellate;subumbellate +
alternate +
narrowly oblong;linear +
3(-5)-locular +
ellipsoid;fusiform +
2;35 +
greenish yellow;yellow +
distinct +
clawed;narrowly oblong;linear-oblong +
absent +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
1903 +
tuberous +
red-arillate +
5;9 +
connate +
vestigial +
broadly deltate;triangular +
connate +
absent +
trailing +
glaucous +
coiled +
columnar +
eglandular +
glabrous +
corky-pleated +
Ibervillea tenuisecta +
Ibervillea +
species +
unbranched +
absent +
distinct +
linear-oblong +
exalbuminous +
perennial +
fetid +
trailing +
dioecious +