View source for Petalonyx nitidus

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|accepted_name=Petalonyx nitidus
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Naturalist
|place=7: 300. 1873
|year=1873
}}
|common_names=Shiny-leaf sandpaper plant
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Loasaceae;Petalonyx;Petalonyx nitidus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Loasaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Petalonyx]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Petalonyx nitidus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 544
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, bushy to moundlike, to 6 dm; branches of current season 11–37 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–4 mm; blade ovate, without marked size dimorphism, to 35 × 28 mm, base acute to obtuse, margins serrate to dentate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> 10–30-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> slightly bilaterally symmetric through curvature along length of flower; petals spatulate, 6–11 mm, claws postgenitally distally coherent, forming slitted corolla tube; stamens exserted laterally through slits between petal claws. <b>2n</b> = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy, gravelly, or rocky canyon slopes, arroyo bottoms, scrub.
|elevation=400–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah.
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=hufford1989a
|text=Hufford, L. 1989. Structure of the inflorescence and flower of Petalonyx linearis. Pl. Syst. Evol. 163: 211–226.
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name=Petalonyx nitidus
|author=
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Loasaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy, gravelly, or rocky canyon slopes, arroyo bottoms, scrub.
|elevation=400–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=hufford1989a
|publication title=Amer. Naturalist
|publication year=1873
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Petalonyx
|species=Petalonyx nitidus
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