Aspicarpa hyssopifolia

A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 167. 1850.

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 364. Mentioned on page 363.
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Illustrator: Karin Douthit

Copyright: University of Michigan

Plants erect or spreading-ascending, 8–30 cm. Leaves: petioles 0.5 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate, larger blades 10–25 × 2–8 mm, length (2.2–) 2.7–7 (–8.3) times width, base rounded, apex acute or slightly obtuse, surfaces thinly sericeous to glabrescent, hairs persisting longest on margins and abaxial midrib. Chasmogamous flowers borne singly in axils of full-sized leaves; petals lemon yellow, outermost sometimes with red blotch; staminodes shorter than fertile stamens, ± hidden by sepals. Cleistogamous flowers sessile or subsessile in axils of full-sized leaves, sometimes absent. Nutlet 2.5–3 mm diam., rugose or bearing toothlike protuberances, dorsal crest 0.5–1 mm, coarsely toothed, extended forward 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 80.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting Apr–Nov.
Habitat: Brushy, dry, calcareous slopes.
Elevation: 50–900 m.

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

In the flora area, Aspicarpa hyssopifolia is found only in southern and western Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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1 +  and 2 +
minute +  and subequal +
obtuse +  and acute +
William R. Anderson† +
A. Gray +
rounded +
lanceolate +
several-flowered +
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
50–900 m. +
subsessile +  and sessile +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (?) +
cleistogamous +  and chasmogamous +
multicellular +
Brushy, dry, calcareous slopes. +
2-armed +  and unicellular +
persisting +
submedifixed +  and medifixed +
longest +
axillary +  and terminal +
(2.2-)2.7-7(-8.3) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
full-sized +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
bearing toothlike protuberances +  and rugose +
lemon yellow +
outermost +
rudimentary +  and visible +
1 +  and 2 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering and fruiting Apr–Nov. +
2-carpellate +  and 3-carpellate +
Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
connate +  and distinct +
Illustrated +
free +, connate +  and distinct +
3 +  and 5 +
truncate +  and capitate +
interpetiolar +
distinct +
rudimentary +
cylindric +
thinly sericeous +  and glabrescent +
Aspicarpa hyssopifolia +
Aspicarpa +
species +
several-flowered +
spreading-ascending +  and erect +