Polanisia dodecandra

(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 242. 1824.

WeedyIllustrated
Basionym: Cleome dodecandra Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 672. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 201.

Annuals, rarely perennials, (5–) 10–60 (–90+) cm. Stems branched; hairs stalked, glandular throughout. Leaves: petiole green to purple, angled, 1.5–4.5 (–6) cm, glandular; leaflet blade oblanceolate to obovate or broadly elliptic, 1.9–4.5 (–6.5) × 0.5–2 (–3) cm, margins entire, surfaces sparsely glandular. Racemes (dense) 5–20 cm (10–30 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, lanceolate to orbiculate, 5–20 mm. Pedicels 10–25 (–40) mm. Flowers: sepals purple, oblong, 3–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm, margins entire, apex acuminate, glandular; petals white, pink, rose, or purple, oblong-ovate, clawed, abaxial pair (3–) 5–10 × 1.8–3 (–5) mm, apex emarginate to lacerate, adaxial pair 8–14 × 3–5 mm, apex emarginate; nectary glands bright orange, not conspicuous (in fruit); stamens 10–20, exserted, purple, (6–) 7–28 (–40) mm; anthers purple, 1–1.3 mm; gynophore 0–2 mm in fruit; ovary 5–10 mm; style deciduous in fruit, 5–17 mm; stigma purple. Capsules (inflated) 40–70 × 5–9 mm, reticulate, glandular. Seeds 20–65, dark reddish-brown, globose to oblong, 2–2.3 mm, roughened or tuberculate-rugose.

Distribution

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Alta., Man., Ont., Que., Sask., Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Md., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.Dak., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Nebr., Nev., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Va., Vt., W.Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo., n Mexico

Discussion

Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).

Key

1 Petals (3-)5-7(-8) mm; stamens ± equaling orslightly longer than petals. Polanisia dodecandra subsp. dodecandra
1 Petals (6-)8-14(-17) mm; stamens ± equaling, or slightly longer to ca. 2 times or more as long as petals > 2
2 Inflorescence bracts ovate to orbiculate; leaflet blade apex rounded; seeds tuberculate-rugose. Polanisia dodecandra subsp. riograndensis
2 Inflorescence bracts lanceolate to ovate; leaflet blade apex acute to obtuse; seeds roughened. Polanisia dodecandra subsp. trachysperma
... more about "Polanisia dodecandra"
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not coiling +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and lacerate +
Gordon C. Tucker +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
Cleome dodecandra +
serrulate +, serrate +  and entire +
lanceolate;orbiculate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Alta. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and n Mexico +
adnate +  and free +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
elongate +
oblong +  and cylindric +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
arranged +  and alternate +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1-carpellate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
purple +, rose +, pink +  and white +
distinct +
clawed +  and oblong-ovate +
unequal +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
green;purple +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
tricolporate +  and binucleate +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
iltis1966a +
not arillate +
dark reddish-brown +
tuberculate-rugose +  and roughened +
globose +  and oblong +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
deciduous +
distinct +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
glandular-pubescent +
deciduous +  and caducous +
scale-like +, thread-like +  and 3-8-palmatifid +
deciduous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Cristatella +
Polanisia dodecandra +
Polanisia +
species +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +