Drymaria effusa var. effusa
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 12.
Plants annual, herbaceous, minutely glandular-puberulent or glabrate, not glaucous. Stems mostly erect, usually unbranched at base, 0.8–25 cm. Leaves sometimes appearing whorled proximally, opposite distally; stipules ± deciduous, simple, subulate, 0.5–1.2 mm; petiole absent or nearly so; blade orbiculate or spatulate (basal leaves) or linear to oblong (cauline leaves), 0.5–2.5 cm × 0.2–1.2 mm, base briefly obtuse or attenuate, apex rounded to apiculate. Inflorescences terminal, congested or open, 7–50+-flowered cymes. Pedicels shorter to longer than subtending bracts at maturity. Flowers: sepals with 3 prominent veins arcing outward at midsection and confluent apically, broadly ovate to elliptic (herbaceous portion narrowly elliptic to ovate), 1.5–2.3 mm, unequal, outer 2 shorter (± 0.5 mm) than inner, apex acute or obtuse (herbaceous portion acute to acuminate), hood oblique to apex, on outer 2 or all 5 sepals formed in part by scarious margins, glabrous or glandular; petals 2-fid for ca. 1/2+ their length, 1.5–4 mm, 11/4–11/2 times as long as sepals, lobes 1-veined, vein unbranched, linear, trunk absent, base gradually tapered, apex rounded. Seeds brown, snail-shell- to teardrop-shaped, 0.6–0.7 mm; tubercles minute, rounded.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat: Rocky or gravelly flats or slopes, disturbed areas in pine or oak woodland
Elevation: 1400-1900 m
Phenology: Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat: Rocky or gravelly flats or slopes, disturbed areas in pine or oak woodland
Elevation: 1400-1900 m
Distribution

Ariz., n Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora).
Discussion
References
None.
Lower Taxa
No lower taxa listed.
Facts about "Drymaria effusa var. effusa"
Author | Ronald L. Hartman + |
Authority | unknown + |
Distribution | Ariz. +, n Mexico (Sinaloa + and Sonora). + |
Elevation | 1400-1900 m + |
Habitat | Rocky or gravelly flats or slopes, disturbed areas in pine or oak woodland + |
Illustrator | Barbara Alongi + |
Phenology | Flowering late summer–early fall. + |
Publication title | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. + |
Publication year | 1853 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V5/V5 7.xml + |
Taxon family | Caryophyllaceae + |
Taxon name | Drymaria effusa var. effusa + |
Taxon parent | Drymaria effusa + |
Taxon rank | variety + |
Volume | Volume 5 + |