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|accepted_name=Selenia aurea
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|place=5: 132, plate 6. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Selenia aptera
|authority=(S. Watson) Small
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|name=Selenia aurea var. aptera
|authority=S. Watson
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae;Selenia;Selenia aurea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Selenia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Selenia aurea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 506
|treatment_page=page 507
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>not winter annuals. <b>Stems</b> (simple or few to many from base), usually erect to ascending, rarely subdecumbent, (slender), (0.5–)0.8–2.7(–3.5) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves not rosulate; petiole 0.5–1 cm; blade margins 1-pinnatisect, (1–)2.5–7(–10) cm; lobes (3–)6–12(–18) on each side, (smaller than terminal), linear to oblong or ovate, (1–)2–10 × 0.5–1(–2.5) mm, margins entire or coarsely dentate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves (and bracts) similar to basal, smaller distally. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels from racemes, (6–)10–22(–30) mm, (slender). <b>Flowers</b>: sepals spreading to ascending, oblong-linear, (3.5–)5–7 × 1–1.5 mm, apex appendage not developed; petals spatulate, (8–)10–13 × 3–4.5 mm, apex rounded; median filament pairs 5–7(–8) mm, not dilated basally; anthers oblong, 1–1.5 mm; gynophore (0.5–)1–2(–5) mm, or, rarely, obsolete. <b>Fruits</b> usually oblong to elliptical, rarely suborbicular, usually latiseptate, rarely inflated, (0.5–)1–2.5(–3) cm × (3.5–)5–8(–11) mm, (not fleshy, thin-papery), base and apex acute; valves faintly reticulate-veined; replum flattened; septum complete or perforated; ovules (8–)10–20 per ovary; style 3–9(–12) mm, slender or flattened basally. <b>Seeds</b> 3–4 mm diam.; wing 0.5–1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 46, 138.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Sandy open grounds, barren rocky sandstone or clay, granite soil, rocky grounds, shale barren, open areas in mixed juniper and oak, chert barrens, pastures, sandstone glades, fields, rocky prairies
|elevation=100-400 m
|distribution=Ark.;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.
|discussion=<p>Although R. C. Rollins (1993) and R. F. Martin (1940) suggested that <i>Selenia aurea</i> probably occurs in northeastern Texas, I have not seen any material from that state.</p>
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name=Selenia aurea
|author=
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Selenia aptera;Selenia aurea var. aptera
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Sandy open grounds, barren rocky sandstone or clay, granite soil, rocky grounds, shale barren, open areas in mixed juniper and oak, chert barrens, pastures, sandstone glades, fields, rocky prairies
|elevation=100-400 m
|distribution=Ark.;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|publication year=1825
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae
|genus=Selenia
|species=Selenia aurea
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