Anulocaulis reflexus

I. M. Johnston

J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 175. 1944.

Conservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 30. Mentioned on page 29.

Herbs, stout perennial. Stems 0.3–1.2 m. Leaves: 2–3 pairs near base; petiole 1–8 cm; blade broadly ovate, round, or reniform, 3–12 × 3–14 cm, base cordate, apex rounded, adaxial surface dull green, abaxial surface slightly paler, both surfaces sparsely pubescent with pustulate-based hairs Flowers usually borne singly on branches of inflorescence; perianth 9–10 mm, glabrous, tube yellow-green, limbs pink or rose, lobes sharply reflexed at end of tube; stamens 3, exserted 10–14 mm. Fruits biturbinate, 5–6 × 2.5–3 mm, secreting mucilage when wetted; ribs 10, undulate, narrow; equatorial flange well developed, sinuate.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early fall.
Habitat: Gypseous shaley clay
Elevation: 800-1200 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (ne Chihuahua)

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

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wrinkled +  and smooth +
rounded +
coriaceous +
Richard W. Spellenberg +
I. M. Johnston +
glutinous +
cordate +
unequal +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
reniform;round;reniform;round;ovate +
succulent +  and fleshy +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
opaque +  and dark +
persistent +
distinct +
lanceolate +
minute +  and not accrescent +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
Tex. +  and Mexico (ne Chihuahua) +
800-1200 m +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
1 +  and 80 +
chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
biturbinate +
constricted +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Gypseous shaley clay +
lateral +  and terminal +
rose +  and pink +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sinuate +  and entire +
tubular-funnelform +
constricted +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–early fall. +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
undulate +
glandular-puberulent +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
Conservation concern +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
erect +  and ascending +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
Anulocaulis reflexus +
Anulocaulis +
species +
gland-tipped +
yellow-green +
abruptly flared;5-lobed +
pubescent +  and glabrate +