Wissadula parvifolia
Lundellia 10: 3, fig. 2. 2007.
Conservation concernEndemic
Plants branched, 1 m. Stems slender, minutely and obscurely stellate-hairy. Leaves: stipules minute; petiole 1–1.5 (–2) cm, to 1/3 times blade length, minutely and obscurely stellate-hairy; blade discolorous, ovate, 2.5–3.5 cm, base ± cordate, margins ± straight, apex acute to subobtuse. Inflorescences open racemes or panicles, ebracteate. Pedicels 2–3 cm. Flowers: calyx ca. 1/2-divided, 3–5 mm; petals yellow, fading to orange, 5 mm. Schizocarps minutely and obscurely hairy; mericarps 5, 7–9 mm. Seeds 2.5 mm, minutely hairy.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed sites
Elevation: 100 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Wissadula parvifolia is found only in Hidalgo County.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"-1/3timesbladelength" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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monadelphous +
absent +
bulbous-apiculate +
acute;subobtuse +
clawlike +
cordate +
veined +
discolorous +
ovate +
absent +
shorter +
not inflated +
not accrescent +
2;3;5 +
rotate +
dehiscent +
Tex. +
sparse;copious +
connate +
mature +
not indurate +
syncarpous +
ebracteate +
tough-fibrous +
deciduous +
absent +
subsessile +
spiral +
distalmost +
not ribbed +
triangular +
1-seeded +
straight +
2-celled +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
superior +
(1-)2-many +
fading;orange +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
stellate-hairy +
palmate +
indehiscent +
Lundellia +
2007 +
hairy +
hairy +
reniform +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
folliclelike +
persistent +
connate +
5;many +
connate +
falling +
exserted +
toothed +
absent +
not viscid +
erect +
stellate-hairy +
capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
persistent +
minute +
3-6-branched +
stellate-hairy +
Wissadula parvifolia +
Wissadula +
species +
2-seeded +
hairy +
branched +
mucilaginous +
stellate-hairy +