View source for Amoreuxia wrightii

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|accepted_name=Amoreuxia wrightii
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=5(6): 26. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|common_names=Wright´s yellowshow
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cochlospermaceae;Amoreuxia;Amoreuxia wrightii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cochlospermaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amoreuxia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amoreuxia wrightii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 379
|treatment_page=page 378
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>15–50 cm, glabrous or sparsely lanulose-puberulent (mostly on young growth), glandular. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 3–8 cm, subglabrous to sparsely lanulose-puberulent (mostly on young growth), glandular; blade 5(7)-lobed, 3–5 × 4–7 cm, lobes subrhombic, distal half of margins serrate, apex rounded to acute, tooth of central lobe apex most distal. <b>Peduncles</b> 2.5–5 cm. <b>Flowers</b> 3–7.5 cm diam.; sepals narrowly oblong-ovate, 17–20 × 5–8 mm, apex acute; petals pinkish to orange, distal petals with 2 conspicuous purplish marks at bases, lateral petals each with 1 purplish mark at base; distal set of filaments 5–10 mm with yellow anthers, proximal set of filaments 11–17 mm with usually dark red anthers; ovary usually short-haired-lanate to tomentose or puberulent (glandular). <b>Capsules</b> oblong-obovoid, 3–6 cm, sparsely pubescent (glandular). <b>Seeds</b> globose to ovoid, glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul(–Oct).
|habitat=Dry, rocky or gravelly hills, plains, deserts, grasslands, shrublands, along roads or railroads, limestone soil, silty flats
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Curaçao);South America (Peru).
|discussion=<p><i>Amoreuxia wrightii</i> is morphologically homogeneous throughout its disjunct range (H. H. Poppendieck 1981).</p>
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name=Amoreuxia wrightii
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cochlospermaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul(–Oct).
|habitat=Dry, rocky or gravelly hills, plains, deserts, grasslands, shrublands, along roads or railroads, limestone soil, silty flats
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Curaçao);South America (Peru).
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1853
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Amoreuxia
|species=Amoreuxia wrightii
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