Cleomella palmeriana

M. E. Jones

Zoë 2: 236. 1891.

Common names: Palmer’s cleomella Rocky Mountain stinkweed
Synonyms: Cleomella cornuta Rydberg Cleomella montrosae Payson Cleomella nana Eastwood
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 212. Mentioned on page 209.

Plants 10–38 cm. Stems usually sparsely branched proximally (without a dominant central stem); glabrous. Leaves: stipules 3–5-fid, (larger, more conspicuous in inflorescences), 0.5–1.5 mm (scarious); petiole 0.4–2 (–2.7) cm; leaflet blade narrowly oblongelliptic, 0.8–2.6 × 0.1–0.8 cm, thin, margins entire, apex obtuse to retuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences corymbs or racemes, terminating stems, 1–2 cm (2–3.5 cm in fruit); bracts ± rudimentary. Pedicels slightly ascending in fruit, 6–7 mm (7–11 mm in fruit). Flowers: sepals green, deltate, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.6 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblong, 3–5 × 1–1.3 mm, glabrous; stamens (well-exserted), yellow, 7–9 mm; anthers 1.4–1.6 mm; gynophore spreading, 2.5–6 (–8) mm in fruit; ovary obovoid, 1.3–1.5 mm; style 0.7–1 mm. Capsules rhomboidal (widest distal to midpoint), 2–5 × 3–5 (–6.5) mm, glabrous. Seeds (1 or) 2–4 (–7), stramineous becoming black, globose, 2–2.5 mm, smooth.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early fall.
Habitat: Dry open alkaline, gravelly or sandy flats
Elevation: 1100-2000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah.

Discussion

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... more about "Cleomella palmeriana"
conical +  and discoid +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> - 0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> +
mucronulate +, obtuse +  and retuse +
Staria S. Vanderpool +
M. E. Jones +
serrulate +, serrate +  and entire +
rudimentary +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> +
rhomboidal +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> +
Palmer’s cleomella +  and Rocky Mountain stinkweed +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +  and Utah. +
1100-2000 m +
adnate +  and free +
actinomorphic +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> - 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
elongate +
ovoid +, deltoid +, globose +  and rhomboidal +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> - 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> - 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> +
Dry open alkaline, gravelly or sandy flats +
sessile +  and stalked +
axillary +  and terminal +
arranged +  and alternate +
setaceous +, thread-like +  and 3-8-palmatifid +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> +
1-carpellate +
obovoid +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> - 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> - 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> +
distinct +
unequal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> - 0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> - 2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
Flowering spring–early fall. +
tricolporate +  and binucleate +
not arillate +
stramineous becoming black +
globose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> +
persistent +
deltate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
spreading +  and erect +
deciduous +  and caducous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
Cleomella cornuta +, Cleomella montrosae +  and Cleomella nana +
Cleomella palmeriana +
Cleomella +
species +