Purshia de Candolle ex Poiret in J. Lamarck et al. (Q3869)

From Canadian Flora Commons
Revision as of 13:33, 24 June 2022 by WikibaseAdmin (talk | contribs) (‎Changed an Item)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Purshia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Dryadeae
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Purshia de Candolle ex Poiret in J. Lamarck et al.
Purshia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Dryadeae

    Statements

    taxon/id/Purshia de Candolle ex Poiret
    0 references
    Purshia de Candolle ex Poiret
    Purshia
    de Candolle ex Poiret
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    sw United States
    n Mexico
    Shrubs, 2–75 dm.
    Stems 3–20+, branched;
    bark cinnamon brown, weathering gray, in thin papery sheets;
    short-shoots present.
    Leaves persistent or drought-deciduous, abscising distal to bases, crowded on short-shoot spurs, simple;
    stipules persistent, deltate, margins entire;
    petiole usually absent, sometimes present;
    blade linear or ovate to obovate, 0.3–1.5 (–1.9) cm, coriaceous, sometimes thin, margins revolute, entire or toothed to lobed, abaxial surface usually densely hairy, adaxial glabrous or sparsely hairy.
    Inflorescences terminal on short-shoots, flowers solitary;
    bracts present resembling immature leaves;
    bracteoles absent.
    Pedicels present.
    Flowers 10–15 (–25) mm diam.;
    hypanthium obconic, sometimes hemispheric in fruit, 2.5–6.5 mm, exterior villous, stipitate-glandular or not, interior glabrous, nectariferous;
    sepals 5, spreading-reflexed, ovate to oblong-ovate, abaxial surface pubescent-villous;
    petals 5, caducous, white, cream-yellow, or yellow [rose red], broadly obovate or obovate-spatulate to spatulate, base cuneate to clawed, apex spreading, rounded to emarginate;
    stamens (17–) 20–80 (–125), shorter than petals;
    carpels 1–15 (–31), stipitate, stigmas terminal.
    Fruits achenes, 1, obovoid-fusiform or oblanceoloid, 4–12 mm, leathery;
    hypanthium persistent;