Mirabilis austrotexana

B. L. Turner

Phytologia 75: 438, fig. 2. 1994.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 57. Mentioned on page 41.

Stems erect, few, moderately leafy mostly in proximal 2/3, few branched, 7–15 dm, glabrous basally, glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent distally. Leaves ascending at 30–70°, progressively reduced toward inflorescence; petiole 0.3–2 cm; blade green, lanceolate to lanceovate, 3–12 × 1–5 cm, thick and moderately succulent, base broadly obtuse to cuneate, apex acute or tapered to rounded tip, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences terminal and in upper axils, open, widely branched from main axis; peduncle 5–10 mm, glabrate or sparsely puberulent or spreading viscid-villous, crosswalls of hairs pale; involucres pale green, widely bell-shaped, 4–5 mm in flower, 7–10 mm in fruit, glabrous (except, often, margins) or very sparsely puberulent or villous, 70–80% connate, lobes broadly ovate, rounded. Flowers 3 per involucre; perianth pink to reddish purple, rarely white, 0.8–1 cm. Fruits brown to grayish or purplish brown, narrowly obovate, 4–5.3 mm, very sparsely pubescent with hairs 0.1–0.5 mm; ribs round-angular, 0.3 times width of sulci, 0.5–1 times as wide as high, smooth on angle, usually rugose on sides, occasionally interrupted and tuberculate; sulci with low tubercules, often also with transverse wrinkles.


Phenology: Flowering primarily spring–fall, occasionally winter.
Habitat: Mudflats, sandy or loamy soils
Elevation: 0-300 m

Distribution

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Tex., probably also adjacent Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Mirabilis austrotexana is very closely related to, and perhaps only a southern race of, the M. carletonii phase of M. glabra.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Mirabilis austrotexana"
tapered;rounded +
Richard W. Spellenberg +
B. L. Turner +
glutinous +
broadly obtuse +  and cuneate +
constricted +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
Undefined sect. Oxybaphus +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> - 12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> +
lanceolate;lanceovate +
succulent +
persistent +
distinct +, , +  and connate +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
branched +, congested +  and open +
subsessile +  and sessile +
Tex. +  and probably also adjacent Mexico - Tamaulipas +
0-300 m +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
cleistogamous +, chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
brown +  and grayish or purplish brown +
obovate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - 0.53 cm5.3 mm <br />0.0053 m <br /> +
Mudflats, sandy or loamy soils +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> +
branched +  and open +
very sparsely puberulent or villous +  and glabrous +
bell--shaped +
accrescent +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
herbaceous;papery +
sessile +  and petiolate +
unequal +
5-lobed +
rounded +  and ovate +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
entire +  and crisped +
viscid-villous +, spreading +, puberulent +  and glabrate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
white;pink;reddish purple +
chasmogamous +  and cleistogamous +
5-lobed +  and flared +
constricted +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
Flowering primarily spring–fall, occasionally winter. +
interrupted +
not evident +  and defined +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
globose +, ellipsoid +, obovoid +  and round +
coriaceous +
0.3 times width of sulci +
0.5-1 times as wide as high smooth on angle +
thick +  and thin +
cordlike +  and cylindric +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
branched +  and leafy +
glandular-puberulent +  and glabrous +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
mucilaginous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
slightly rugose +  and prominently tuberculate +
ropelike +  and swollen +
Mirabilis austrotexana +
Mirabilis sect. Oxybaphus +
species +
gland-tipped +
expanded +
pubescent +  and glabrous +