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|accepted_name=Velezia rigida
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 332. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Velezia;Velezia rigida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Velezia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Velezia rigida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 166
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>green to purplish, with widely divergent or dichotomous branches, 7–40 cm, rigid, glandular-hairy at least distally. <b>Leaf</b> blades 0.5–2 cm, margins scarious near base, ciliate. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–3.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx tube 10–14 × 0.8–1 mm, lobes 1–1.2 mm, base swollen, hardened; petals narrowly obovate, 11–16 mm, coronal appendages 0.4–0.6 mm. <b>Capsules</b> with rounded tip; carpophore 0.2–0.7 mm. <b>Seeds</b> in 1 row, with abrupt but round point, 1.3–1.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 28 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Oak and pine woodlands, open ridges, gravelly streambeds, serpentine areas
|elevation=50-800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Europe (Mediter-ranean region);sw;c Asia;Africa (Mediterranean region).
|discussion=<p>Velezia rigida is now known from at least eight counties in northern California; it was first collected in North America in 1896 (Jepson s.n., JEPS).</p>
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name=Velezia rigida
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Oak and pine woodlands, open ridges, gravelly streambeds, serpentine areas
|elevation=50-800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Europe (Mediter-ranean region);sw;c Asia;Africa (Mediterranean region).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_340.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Velezia
|species=Velezia rigida
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