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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ayenia compacta
|accepted_authority=Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=8: 321. 1905
|year=1905
}}
|common_names=California ayenia
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ayenia californica
|authority=Jepson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Ayenia;Ayenia compacta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ayenia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ayenia compacta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 204
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> erect or decumbent, (0.1–)0.5–0.8(–1) m. <b>Stems</b> hairy, hairs stellate, arms appressed. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5(–0.8) cm; blades of proximal leaves orbiculate to broadly ovate, 0.3–0.5 × 0.3–0.5 cm, distal ovate to ovate-lanceolate, unlobed, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.9 cm, base rounded to slightly cordate, margins serrate, ciliate, apex obtuse to subacute, 3(–5)-veined from base, surfaces stellate-hairy. <b>Cymes</b> axillary, not borne on short shoots (brachyblasts), 1(or 2)-flowered; peduncle 1–2.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals caducous, not present in young fruit, not reflexed at anthesis, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm, sparingly stellate-pubescent abaxially; petal claws 2–3 mm, lamina rhombic, 1–1.5 × 1.5–3 mm, base attenuate on claw, margins entire, apex notched, surfaces hairy abaxially, hairs simple, multicellular, abaxial appendage cylindric, 0.2–0.3 mm; androgynophore 1–1.5 mm; stamen filaments present; stigmas scarcely exserted. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, (3.5–)4.5–5 × 3–4.5 mm, sparingly stellate-pubescent, prickles 0.1–0.3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2–2.5(–2.9) mm, slightly to densely tuberculate. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–early fall.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, gravelly or sandy washes, dry canyons
|elevation=100–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>In the United States, <i>Ayenia compacta</i> is known from southernmost California and Arizona; in Mexico, it is found on the Baja California peninsula and in Sonora on islands in the Gulf of California.</p>
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name=Ayenia compacta
|authority=Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ayenia californica
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–early fall.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, gravelly or sandy washes, dry canyons
|elevation=100–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1905
|special status=
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Ayenia
|species=Ayenia compacta
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