Petalonyx nitidus
Amer. Naturalist 7: 300. 1873.
Common names: Shiny-leaf sandpaper plant
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 544.
Subshrubs or shrubs, bushy to moundlike, to 6 dm; branches of current season 11–37 cm. Leaves: petiole 1–4 mm; blade ovate, without marked size dimorphism, to 35 × 28 mm, base acute to obtuse, margins serrate to dentate, apex acute. Inflorescences 10–30-flowered. Flowers slightly bilaterally symmetric through curvature along length of flower; petals spatulate, 6–11 mm, claws postgenitally distally coherent, forming slitted corolla-tube; stamens exserted laterally through slits between petal claws. 2n = 46.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Aug.
Habitat: Sandy, gravelly, or rocky canyon slopes, arroyo bottoms, scrub.
Elevation: 400–2200 m.
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.
"not elongating" is not a number.
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monomorphic +
longer +
epigynous +
dehiscing +
acute +
exserted +
ovate +
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Shiny-leaf sandpaper plant +
symmetric +
bisexual +
straight +
clavate +
Present +
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simple +
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cauline +
dentate +
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distal +
absent +
parietal +
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1;60 +
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divaricate +
white +
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spatulate +
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pseudomonomerous +
subapical +
Amer. Naturalist +
1873 +
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