View source for Lepuropetalon spathulatum

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|accepted_name=Lepuropetalon spathulatum
|accepted_authority=Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|place=1: 370. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|common_names=Petiteplant;little people
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Lepuropetalon;Lepuropetalon spathulatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lepuropetalon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lepuropetalon spathulatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 118
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>to 3 cm. <b>Stems</b>: internodes congested. <b>Leaves</b>: rosettes 1–3 cm, usually with 2 minute leaves proximally; blade spatulate, 3–10 × 1–2 mm, usually red-punctate in rows, surfaces glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–3 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 2–3 mm diam., sepals 1–1.5 mm; petals 0–0.4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 1.3–1.6 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 0.2–0.3 mm, reticulate; endosperm absent. <b>2n</b> = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Damp mineral soils, sandy ditches, granitic outcroppings, sandy or gravely substrates, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;e Mexico;South America (Chile;Uruguay).
|discussion=<p><i>Lepuropetalon spathulatum</i> is among the smallest terrestrial angiosperms (D. R. Morgan and D. E. Soltis 1993).</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lepuropetalon spathulatum
|authority=Elliott
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Damp mineral soils, sandy ditches, granitic outcroppings, sandy or gravely substrates, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;e Mexico;South America (Chile;Uruguay).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=1817
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_565.xml
|genus=Lepuropetalon
|species=Lepuropetalon spathulatum
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