Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. howardii

Spellenberg & Wootten

Sida 18: 989. 1999.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 30.

Leaves: blade ± pale grayish green, sparsely beset with pustulate-based hairs. Perianths deep rose-pink; bud minutely pubescent at apex. Fruits 4.2–6.8 mm; equatorial flange 0.5–0.8 mm wide.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early fall.
Habitat: Gypsum outcrops
Elevation: 1300-1500 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"fine" is not a number."thick" is not a number.

pale +  and grayish green +
green +  and pale green +
wrinkled +  and smooth +
obtuse;rounded +
coriaceous +
Richard W. Spellenberg +
Spellenberg & Wootten +
glutinous +
blackish;pale-brown +
pustulate +
rounded +  and cordate +
unequal +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
Boerhavia leiosolena +
green;pale grayish;green +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
round;ovate to almost;ovate +
succulent +  and fleshy +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br />) +
opaque +  and dark +
persistent +
distinct +
lanceolate +
minute +  and not accrescent +
pubescent +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
1300-1500 m +
curved +  and straight +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
in ill-defined clusters +  and singly +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
2 +  and 5 +
chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
biturbinate +
constricted +
0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br /> (0.68 cm6.8 mm <br />0.0068 m <br />) +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
Gypsum outcrops +
pustulate-based +
lateral +  and terminal +
rose-pink +, pink +  and white +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sinuate +  and entire +
tubular-funnelform +
constricted +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–early fall. +
undulate +
glandular-puberulent +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
Illustrated +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
erect +  and ascending +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
villous +  and glabrous +
Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. howardii +
Anulocaulis leiosolenus +
variety +
gland-tipped +
greenish bronze +
abruptly flared;5-lobed +
pubescent +  and glabrate +