Micromonolepis pusilla
in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 500. 1934.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Monolepis pusilla Torrey ex S. Watson Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 289. 1871
Plants rounded, slender, 0.4–1.4 (–2) dm. Stems with several lateral, dichotomously branched, flowering branches; herbage often reddish, farinose when young, becoming glabrate. Leaves 2.5–8.5 × 0.2–2 (–2.5) mm; proximal usually early deciduous. Perianth segments much-reduced, white-farinose. Utricles 0.6–0.8 mm; pericarp brownish.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Alkaline flats
Elevation: 1000-1500(-2100) m
Distribution
Calif., Colo., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Micromonolepis pusilla is common in the western Great Basin of the United States.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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slippery +
petiolate +
attenuate +
absent +
1;5 +
monomorphic +
connate +
dimorphic +
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branched +
flowering +
lateral +
several +
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annular +
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storage +
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white +
clustered +
connate +
unisexual +
mature +
reddish +
Present +
branched +
petiolate +
alternate +
succulent +
connate +
superior +
attached +
campylotropous +
imbricate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
white-farinose +
much-reduced +
fleshy +
brownish +
adherent +
tuberculate-papillose +
membranous +
copious +
absent +
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in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. +
1934 +
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