Buchnera obliqua

Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

Prodr. 10: 498. 1846.

Synonyms: Buchnera arizonica (A. Gray) Pennell B. pilosa var. arizonica A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 507. Mentioned on page 506.

Perennials; not blackening upon drying. Stems simple or branched distal to middle, 2–6 dm, spreading or ascending-hispid, hairs pustular-based. Leaves not smaller distally; blade obscurely 3-nerved, linear to linear-lanceolate, 20–50 x 2–6 mm, margins entire or irregularly dentate, teeth 0.5–2 mm, apex acute, surfaces short-hispid. Spikes: bracts ovatelanceolate, 5–9 mm. Pedicels 0–1 mm; bracteoles 5–9 mm. Flowers: calyx 7–9 mm, tube prominently 10-nerved, ascending-hispid, hairs pustular-based; corolla 10–15 mm, hairy externally, lobes 3–5 mm; style included, 2–3 mm. Capsules blackish, ovoid, 4.5–6 mm, glabrous. Seeds 0.6–0.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Streamsides in oak woodlands.
Elevation: 1100–2000 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Mexico, Central America (Guatemala), Central America (Honduras), South America (Ecuador)

Discussion

Buchnera obliqua was first collected in the flora area in the Huachuca Mountains in August 1882; it was next collected in 1993, also from the Huachuca Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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Bruce A. Sorrie +
Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear;linear-lanceolate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
ovatelanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
tubular +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
semiwoody +
white +, rosy +, violet +, blue +, blue-purple +  and purple +
salverform +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Mexico +, Central America (Guatemala) +, Central America (Honduras) +  and South America (Ecuador) +
1100–2000 m. +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Streamsides in oak woodlands. +
pustular-based +
axillary +  and terminal +
subopposite +  and opposite +
deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
smaller +
triangular +
dentate +  and entire +
crenate +  and dentate +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
spikelike +
dark-brown;blackish +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
hispid-hirsute +  and glabrate +
not fleshy +
short-cylindric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
short-hispid +
Buchnera arizonica +  and B. pilosa var. arizonica +
Buchnera obliqua +
Buchnera +
species +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
ascending-hispid +
perennial +  and biennial +