Argythamnia cyanophylla

(Wooton & Standley) J. W. Ingram

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80: 423. 1953.

Common names: Charleston Mountain silverbush bruise leaf
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Ditaxis cyanophylla Wooton & Standley Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 106. 1909
Synonyms: D. diversiflora Clokey
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 176. Mentioned on page 173.

Herbs, perennial, monoecious, to 2.5 dm. Stems erect, sparsely hairy, hairs malpighiaceous. Leaves: stipules apparently persistent, punctiform, minute, margins glandular; petiole absent; blade elliptic, obovate, or linear, 1–5 × 0.5–2.2 cm, margins entire, without glands, surfaces sparsely hairy, hairs malpighiaceous. Inflorescences unisexual or bisexual, to 4 cm; bracts ovate to lanceolate, to 1.5 mm, margins without glands. Flowers without pink dye when wetted. Staminate flowers: sepals lanceolate, 3.5–7 × 1–1.3 mm; petals spatulate to obovate, 3–5 × 1.5 mm, adnate to androphore; nectary glands elliptic, 0.3 × 0.2 mm, adnate to androphore, glabrous; stamens (7–) 10, staminodes 0 or rudimentary. Pistillate flowers: sepals lanceolate to ovate, 3.5–7 × 1.5–2.2 mm, without glands; petals 5, obovate to spatulate, 2.8–3.5 × 0.7–2.8 mm; nectary glands obovate, 0.5 × 0.7 mm, glabrous; ovary sericeous; styles 1.6–2 mm, glabrous; stigmas flattened. Capsules 3–5.5 mm, with scattered adpressed malpighiaceous hairs. Seeds 3.5–4 mm, smooth, maculate.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun and Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands, limestone-derived, rocky soils, damp zones near lakes.
Elevation: 2000–2600 m.

Discussion

Argythamnia cyanophylla is found from southern Nevada across northern Arizona to central New Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Yocupitzia Ramírez-Amezcua +
(Wooton & Standley) J. W. Ingram +
Ditaxis cyanophylla +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear;obovate;linear;obovate;elliptic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Charleston Mountain silverbush +  and bruise leaf +
Ariz. +, Nev. +  and N.Mex. +
2000–2600 m. +
pistillate +  and staminate +
subtending +
Scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands, limestone-derived, rocky soils, damp zones near lakes. +
malpighiaceous +
adpressed +
bisexual +  and unisexual +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
palmate +  and pinnate +
crenate +, repand +  and subentire +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
extrastaminal +
pale-purple +, pale yellow-green +  and white +
2.8mm;3.5mm +
rudimentary +
obovate +  and spatulate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–Jun and Aug–Oct. +
3(-4)-carpellate +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
globose +  and ovoid +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
distinct +
? (?) +  and ? (?) +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
flattened +
punctiform +
connate +  and distinct +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
D. diversiflora +
Argythamnia cyanophylla +
Argythamnia +
species +