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|accepted_name=Oligomeris linifolia
|accepted_authority=(Vahl) J. F. Macbride
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|place=53: 13. 1918
|year=1918
}}
|common_names=Flaxleaf-whitepuff;desert-spike
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Reseda linifolia
|authority=Vahl
|publication_title=in J. W. Hornemann, Hort. Bot. Hafn.
|publication_place=2: 501. 1815
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Resedaceae;Oligomeris;Oligomeris linifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Resedaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oligomeris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Oligomeris linifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 190
|treatment_page=page 191
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>usually annual, rarely perennial, 8–40 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: blade linear to oblanceolate, 0.8–5 × 0.05–0.2 cm, sometimes with hyaline basal teeth 0.2–0.4 mm, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces glabrous or scabrid. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–12(–25) cm; bracts persistent, linear to lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate to deltate, 0.7–1.5(–2) mm; petals whitish, ovate, slightly shorter than sepals, 0.7–1(–1.7) mm, usually distinct, sometimes barely connate basally; filaments 1.5(–2) mm, barely connate basally; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> sessile or subsessile, compressed-subglobose, 1.7–3 × 2–3.4 mm, apically 4-toothed, teeth acute, 0.5–0.7 mm. <b>Seeds</b> black or brown, 0.5–0.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jan-)Feb–Jul(-Dec).
|habitat=Pastures, desert washes, sand dunes, creosote scrub, mesquite thickets, volcanic soil, sometimes in brackish or alkaline soils
|elevation=-60-1200(-1400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;n Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;Nuevo León;Sonora;Zacatecas);sw;c Asia;n Africa;n Atlantic Islands.
|discussion=<p>The native status of <i>Oligomeris linifolia</i> in North America has long been controversial; its presence represents the most remarkable disjunction in the family. Recent molecular research (S. Martín-Bravo et al. 2009) strongly suggests that it is native here.</p><!--
--><p><i>Oligomeris linifolia</i> has been reported to be toxic to cattle. Occurrence of this species in Utah is based on the following collection: “southern Utah,” 1877, E. Palmer 47 (US, WIS). “Cambess” has appeared in literature as a common name for <i>O. linifolia</i>, apparently resulting from confusion with an abbreviation of the author Cambessèdes. “Lineleaf whitepuff” has also appeared as a common name for this species; the epithet linifolia should be translated as “flax-leaved.”</p><!--
--><p>SELECTED REFERENCE Martín-Bravo, S. et al. 2009. Is <i>Oligomeris</i> (Resedaceae) indigenous to Noth America: Molecular evidence for a natural colonization from the Old World. Amer. J. Bot. 96: 507–518.</p>
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name=Oligomeris linifolia
|author=
|authority=(Vahl) J. F. Macbride
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Reseda linifolia
|family=Resedaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jan-)Feb–Jul(-Dec).
|habitat=Pastures, desert washes, sand dunes, creosote scrub, mesquite thickets, volcanic soil, sometimes in brackish or alkaline soils
|elevation=-60-1200(-1400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;n Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;Nuevo León;Sonora;Zacatecas);sw;c Asia;n Africa;n Atlantic Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|publication year=1918
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_244.xml
|genus=Oligomeris
|species=Oligomeris linifolia
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