Corydalis micrantha subsp. texensis

G. B. Ownbey

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 34: 225-226. 1947.

Endemic
Synonyms: Corydalis micrantha var. texensis (G. B. Ownbey) Shinners
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems usually stout. Inflorescences: racemes of chasmogamous flowers often greatly exceeding leaves, elongate; petal spur blunt, not globose at apex. Capsules slender, commonly 21-35 mm.


Phenology: Flowering very early-mid spring.
Habitat: Open alluvial plains and uplands, in moist, often sandy soil
Elevation: 0-200 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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globose +  and obtuse +
Kingsley R. Stern +
G. B. Ownbey +
Corydalis aurea var. micrantha +
2 times or more wider than base +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
elliptic;attenuate-ovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
adnate +  and connate +
incurved +  and erect +
2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
obsolescent +
wrinkled +
minute +  and reduced +
0-200 m +
spreading +  and erect +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
Open alluvial plains and uplands, in moist, often sandy soil +
(6-)10-16(-20)-flowered +
terminal +  and axillary +
oblanceolate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
dentate +, sinuate +, denticulate +  and incised +
curved +  and straight +
not spurred +  and spurred +
3 +, both +  and 1 +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
dissimilar +  and alike +
broadly ovoid;obovoid +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
pale;medium yellow +
coherent +  and distinct +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
not globose +  and blunt +
not spongy +
Flowering very early-mid spring. +
perpendicular +
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. +
cleistogamous-flowered +  and 1-5-flowered +
inconspicuous +
cleistogamous +
elongate +
succulent +
decorated +
reniform +  and subglobose +
persistent +  and caducous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
branching +  and simple +
climbing +  and prostrate +
erect +  and prostrate-ascending +
1;several +
persistent +
2-lobed +  and rectangular +
thread-like +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
Corydalis micrantha var. texensis +
Corydalis micrantha subsp. texensis +
Corydalis micrantha +
subspecies +
obovate +, oblongelliptic +  and ovate +