View source for Cerastium nutans var. obtectum

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|accepted_name=Cerastium nutans var. obtectum
|accepted_authority=Kearney & Peebles
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
|place=29: 475. 1939
|year=1939
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cerastium sericeum
|authority=S. Watson
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cerastium diehlii
|authority=M. E. Jones
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Cerastium;Cerastium nutans;Cerastium nutans var. obtectum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cerastium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cerastium nutans]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Cerastium nutans var. obtectum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 85
|treatment_page=page 87
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, stout, with straggling basal shoots, glandular and viscid distrally, woolly-pubescent proximally, sometimes densely so. <b>Leaves</b> often marcescent, sessile; midstem leaves with blades narrowly lanceolate-triangular, broadest at base (similar to <i>C. fastigiatum</i> but broader), 25–32 × 4–7 mm, apex mostly acute, woolly-pubescent, sometimes densely so. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–3 times as long as capsule. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5–6 mm; petals ca. 1.5 times as long as sepals. <b>Capsules</b> 12–13 × 3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Sandy canyons and washes, ponderosa pine woodlands, among rocks in arid uplands
|elevation=2000-3000
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>As pointed out by Kearney and Peebles, <i></i>var.<i> obtectum</i> tends to intergrade with <i></i>var.<i> nutans</i>. Its status requires further study. It and <i>Cerastium fastigiatum</i> appear to replace the type variety in Arizona and New Mexico, but extreme plants of <i></i>var.<i> obtectum</i> are infrequent and most of the material that I have examined is more or less intermediate with the type variety.</p>
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name=Cerastium nutans var. obtectum
|author=
|authority=Kearney & Peebles
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Cerastium diehlii
|basionyms=Cerastium sericeum
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Sandy canyons and washes, ponderosa pine woodlands, among rocks in arid uplands
|elevation=2000-3000
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
|publication year=1939
|special status=
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
|genus=Cerastium
|species=Cerastium nutans
|variety=Cerastium nutans var. obtectum
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