View source for Crocanthemum arenicola

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Crocanthemum arenicola
|accepted_authority=(Chapman) Barnhart in J. K. Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. K. Small, Man. S.E. Fl.,
|place=879. 1933
|year=1933
}}
|common_names=Gulf Coast frostweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Helianthemum arenicola
|authority=Chapman
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cistaceae;Crocanthemum;Crocanthemum arenicola
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cistaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crocanthemum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crocanthemum arenicola]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 400, 406
|treatment_page=page 402
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs.</b> Stems ascending or spreading to erect, 5–15(–20) cm, stellate-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; petiole 0.5–2 mm; blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, 8–20(–28) × 2–4(–10) mm, surfaces stellate-tomentose abaxially, stellate-pubescent adaxially, lateral veins obscure abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually terminal, sometimes lateral, umbellate; chasmogamous flowers 2–10 per umbel; cleistogamous 2–10 per umbel. <b>Pedicels</b> (2.5–)5–10(–15) mm; bracts 1–3.5 × 0.3–0.6 mm. <b>Chasmogamous</b> flowers: outer sepals linear, 2–4 × 0.5 mm, inner sepals 4–8 × 3.5–4.8 mm, apex acute; petals obovate, 8–9.5 × 7.5–9 mm; capsules 3-valved, 3.6–5.4 × 2.4–3.6 mm, stellate-pubescent distally. <b>Cleistogamous</b> flowers: outer sepals linear, 1–2 × 0.4 mm, inner sepals ovate, 3.6–5.6 × 2.2–2.8 mm, apex acute; capsules 3–4.6 × 2.4–3.4 mm, stellate-pubescent distally.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Maritime sand dunes and interdunes among pine-oak scrub
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Miss.
|discussion=<p><i>Crocanthemum arenicola</i> occurs in 11 contiguous counties, from Franklin in Florida to Harrison in Mississippi. Only <i>C. arenicola</i> and <i>C. nashii</i> possess stellate-pubescent ovaries and capsules; they are allopatric, occupy different habitats, and present no identification difficulties.</p>
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name=Crocanthemum arenicola
|author=
|authority=(Chapman) Barnhart in J. K. Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Helianthemum arenicola
|family=Cistaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Maritime sand dunes and interdunes among pine-oak scrub
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Miss.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. K. Small, Man. S.E. Fl.,
|publication year=1933
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Crocanthemum
|species=Crocanthemum arenicola
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