Glossopetalon spinescens var. spinescens

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 15. Mentioned on page 13, 14.

Shrubs, (25–) 50–300 cm. Branchlets ascending to divaricate, turning from grayish green to dull yellowish-brown toward end of 2d year or later, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulent (around nodes). Leaves usually well developed at flowering and early deciduous, branches often appearing nearly leafless during much of growing season; stipules absent, persistent petiole bases usually becoming whitened with brown basal band, sometimes turning dark reddish purple to nearly black, ± expanded and thickened, glandular; largest blade 6–12 × 1.5–3 mm, margins glabrous or sparsely ciliolate proximally, glabrous. Petals 5–8 mm, mostly widest proximal to apex sometimes nearly oblong, apex acute or acuminate, tips usually sharply pointed. Stamens 6–10, in 1 equal or 2 unequal series.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky margins of washes, steep rocky hillsides, crevices and ledges of cliffs and outcrops, mostly on limestone substrate
Elevation: 1300–2300 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"widest" is not a number.

puberulent +, , +  and glabrous +
acuminate;acute;oblong +
fimbrillate +  and discoid +
Charles T. Mason Jr.† +  and George Yatskievych +
A. Gray +
persistent +
tapered +, angled +  and decurrent +
expanded +
glandular-thickened +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +
herbaceous;slightly coriaceous +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
slender +  and relatively stout +
opposite +  and alternate +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +  and Mexico (Chihuahua) +
1300–2300 m +
grayish green;dull yellowish-brown +
list;count +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
short-tapered +  and angled +
Rocky margins of washes, steep rocky hillsides, crevices and ledges of cliffs and outcrops, mostly on limestone substrate +
saucer-shaped;shallowly cupshaped +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
drought-deciduous +  and deciduous +
glabrous +  and ciliolate +
2-3-lobed +  and entire +
obscure +  and apparent +
puberulent +, glabrous +  and glaucous +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate;oblanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
purple +  and nearly black +
Flowering Apr–Sep. +
sessile +  and short-stipitate +
free +  and distinct +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
decurrent +
cream;brownish white;yellowish;tan +
pitted +  and smooth +
reniform +  and spheric +
distinct +
narrowly ovate;ovate +
unequal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
unequal +
Illustrated +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
decurrent +
triangular to subulate +
triangular +  and subulate or filiform +
hardened +  and scarious +
Forsellesia spinescens +
Glossopetalon spinescens var. spinescens +
Glossopetalon spinescens +
variety +
not spinescent +  and spinescent +
pointed +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
yellowish-brown +  and orangish brown +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +