Adolphia infesta
Pl. Vasc. Gen. 2: 50. 1837.
Common names: Junco Texas adolphia
Illustrated
Basionym: Ceanothus infestus Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al. Nov. Gen. Sp. 7(fol.): 47
Synonyms: 7(qto.): 61 Plate 614. 1824 (as infesta) Colubrina infesta (Kunth) Schlechtendal
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 109.
Shrubs, 0.3–1 (–2) m, secondary branches and branchlets minutely and persistently short-hispid, slowly glabrescent, branchlets usually 0.5–1 mm diam. Leaves: blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 3–10 mm, margins entire [rarely dentate], surfaces glabrous; 1-veined from base. Pedicels 1–2.5 mm. Flowers: hypanthium hemispheric-campanulate, 1.5 mm wide, sides convex; sepals ovate-triangular, length nearly 2 times width, margins curved; petals 1.2–1.5 mm, shallowly hooded.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Open slopes and washes, rocky outcrops, limestone and igneous substrates, roadsides, chaparral, oak-juniper and mixed conifer-oak woodlands.
Elevation: 1200–1800 m.
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., c, n Mexico
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
veined +
not gland-dotted +
narrowly oblanceolate;linear +
absent +
axillary +
axillary +
bisexual +
loculicidal +
Open slopes and washes, rocky outcrops, limestone and igneous substrates, roadsides, chaparral, oak-juniper and mixed conifer-oak woodlands. +
hemispheric-campanulate +
Present +
fascicles +
1-veined +
deciduous +
absent +
curved +
intrastaminal +
absent +
5-angled +
fleshy +
basal +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
hooded +
opposite +
white +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
Pl. Vasc. Gen. +
1837 +
valvate +
distinct +
spreading +
ovate-triangular +
convex +
longitudinal +
Illustrated +
1;4 +
absent +
connate +
glabrous +
Adolphia infesta +
Adolphia +
species +
woody +