Mirabilis laevis var. villosa

(Kellogg) Spellenberg

Sida 19: 551. 2001.

Basionym: Mirabilis californica var. villosa Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 10. 1863
Synonyms: Hesperonia bigelovii (A. Gray) Standley Mirabilis aspera Greene Mirabilis bigelovii A. Gray Mirabilis bigelovii var. aspera (Greene) Munz Mirabilis californica var. aspera (Greene) Jepson Mirabilis laevis var. aspera (Greene) Jepson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 48. Mentioned on page 47.

Stems few–many, when few often sprawling, when many often forming dense clumps, moderately to densely villous or viscid-villous, increasingly dense and viscid distally. Leaf blades 0.5–4 × 1–3.7 cm. Inflorescences cymose, usually broad; branches ± equal throughout; involucres 5–7 mm; bracts 60–70% connate, lobes ovate-triangular or ovate-oblong, base often 70–100% of height, apex obtuse or acute. Flowers: perianth usually white, sometimes pink or magenta or tinged with pink at base. Fruits gray-brown, dark charcoal brown, or olive, often dark mottled, often faintly marked with 10 paler longitudinal lines, ellipsoid, obovoid, or almost spheric, 4–6 × 2.4–4 mm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering ± year-round, most vigorously in spring.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, desert brushlands
Elevation: -40-2200 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah, Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Richard W. Spellenberg +
(Kellogg) Spellenberg +
Mirabilis californica var. villosa +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California +  and Sonora). +
-40-2200 m +
Rocky slopes, desert brushlands +
Flowering ± year-round, most vigorously in spring. +
Illustrated +
Hesperonia bigelovii +, Mirabilis aspera +, Mirabilis bigelovii +, Mirabilis bigelovii var. aspera +, Mirabilis californica var. aspera +  and Mirabilis laevis var. aspera +
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa +
Mirabilis laevis +
variety +