Cleomella longipes

Torrey

Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 255. 1850.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 211. Mentioned on page 210.

Plants (rarely perennial) 30–80 cm. Stems sparsely branched (central stem dominant); glabrous. Leaves: stipules linear, 0.5–1 mm (scarious); petiole 0.8–2 cm; leaflet blade oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.4–1 cm, thin, margins entire, apex acute to rounded or slightly emarginate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences racemes, terminating stems and branches, 2–12 cm (10–50 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, 5–12 mm (distalmost flowers often absent). Pedicels ascending in fruit, 4–6 mm (5–8 mm in fruit). Flowers: sepals green, lanceolate, 0.9–2.2 × 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblong, 6–9 × 2–4 mm, glabrous; stamens yellow, 8–12 mm; anthers 1.5–1.9 mm; gynophore ascending, 6–17 mm in fruit; ovary rhomboidal, 1–1.5 mm; style 1–2 mm. Capsules rhomboidal, 4–8 × 6–10 mm, glabrous. Seeds 6–16, dark-brown, globose, 2–2.2 mm, smooth. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–late summer.
Habitat: Saline or alkaline flats
Elevation: 500-1000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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No values specified.

... more about "Cleomella longipes"
conical +  and discoid +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
acute +  and rounded or slightly emarginate +
Staria S. Vanderpool +
Torrey +
serrulate +, serrate +  and entire +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
rhomboidal +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and Mexico +
500-1000 m +
adnate +  and free +
actinomorphic +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
elongate +
ovoid +, deltoid +, globose +  and rhomboidal +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Saline or alkaline flats +
sessile +  and stalked +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
arranged +  and alternate +
setaceous +, thread-like +  and 3-8-palmatifid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1-carpellate +
rhomboidal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
distinct +
unequal +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–late summer. +
tricolporate +  and binucleate +
Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. +
not arillate +
dark-brown +
globose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
persistent +
lanceolate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
deciduous +  and caducous +
scale-like +, thread-like +  and 3-8-palmatifid +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Cleomella longipes +
Cleomella +
species +