familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusSystenotheca
speciesSystenotheca vortriedei
Systenotheca vortriedei
Phytologia 66: 85. 1989.
Basionym: Chorizanthe vortriedei Brandegee Zoë 4: 158. 1893
Synonyms: Centrostegia vortriedei (Brandegee) Goodman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 472.
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Plants 0.2–1.5 × 0.2–1 cm. Leaf-blades (1–) 2–5 × (0.4–) 0.5–1 cm. Involucres 2.5–4 mm. Pedicels to 1 mm (bisexual) or less than 0.3 mm (pistillate). Flowers: perianth of distal flower rose to pink, 1–1.5 mm; perianth of proximal flower white, 2–2.5 mm; filaments 2–3 mm; anthers 0.2–0.3 mm. Achenes 2–2.5 mm. 2n = 38, 40.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy flats and slopes, chaparral communities, pine-oak woodlands
Elevation: 700-1500 m
Discussion
Systenotheca vortriedei is known only from the Santa Lucia Mountains.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
... more about "Systenotheca vortriedei"
not winged +
dark-brown;black +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
3-gonous +
2mm;2.5mm +
dehiscing +
oblong +
absent +
rosulate +
distal +
stipelike +
spatulate +
perfoliate +
entire +
connate +
absent +
3;4 +
connate +
not brittle +
free +
aerial +
round +
woody +
Calif. +
curved +
nuclear +
abundant +
free +
glabrous +
yellow +
pistillate +
shorter +
longer +
proximal +
distal +
aerial +
fistulose +
homocarpic +
Present +
bractlike +
cymose +
capitate +
racemose +
axillary +
enclosed +
nonmembranous +
0.5cm;1cm +
deciduous +
white;pink or rose +
glabrous +
papillate +
tubular +
awn-tipped +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
basal +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
cluster +
reflexed +
absent +
erect to deflexed +
winged +
white;rose;pink +
persistent +
pustulose +
accrescent +
absent +
indistinct +
Phytologia +
1989 +
fibrous +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
recurved +
absent +
scandent +
absent +
not fistulose +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
arranged +
involucral +
absent +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
slender +
Systenotheca vortriedei +
Systenotheca +
species +
absent +
monomorphic +
entire +
connate +
dimorphic +
1/3 +
2-lobed +
coriaceous +
erect +
mucronate +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
homophyllous +
annual +
polygamodioecious +
0.2cm;1cm +