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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ayenia filiformis
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=24: 42. 1889
|year=1889
}}
|common_names=Trans-Pecos ayenia
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ayenia cuneata
|authority=Brandegee
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=A. reflexa
|authority=Brandegee
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Ayenia;Ayenia filiformis
|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 filiformis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 204, 207
|treatment_page=page 205
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> decumbent or erect, 0.2–0.5(–0.9) m. <b>Stems</b> hairy, hairs simple and retrorse or simple and stellate. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.4–1(–1.5) cm; blades of proximal leaves ovate to orbiculate, 0.5–2(–3.2) × 0.2–1(–1.5) cm, distal oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or linear, unlobed, 1–4.3(–7) × 0.2–1(–1.5) cm, base rounded to truncate, margins serrate to doubly serrate or dentate, sometimes ciliate, apex subacute, 3(–5)-veined from base, surfaces usually stellate-puberulent, sometimes glabrescent. <b>Cymes</b> axillary, not borne on short shoots (brachyblasts), 1–3(–11)-flowered; peduncle 2–4(–7) mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–4(–7) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals persistent, not reflexed at anthesis, ovate-lanceolate, 1–3 mm, stellate-hairy abaxially; petal claws 2–2.5(–6) mm, lamina subtriangular or rhombic, 1–2.5 × 1–2 mm, base ± attenuate on claw, margins entire, apex notched, surfaces hairy abaxially, hairs simple, multicellular, abaxial appendage filiform to slightly clavate, 0.7 mm; androgynophore 2–3 mm; stamen filaments present; stigmas slightly exserted. <b>Capsules</b> oblate, 2–4 × 5 mm, densely stellate-hairy, prickles 0.5–1 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2–3 mm, tuberculate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–early fall.
|habitat=On limestone and granite soil, steep rocky slopes, canyons, sandy washes
|elevation=1000–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sinaloa;Sonora;Zacatecas).
|discussion=<p>In Texas, <i>Ayenia filiformis</i> is known from the trans-Pecos region.</p>
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name=Ayenia filiformis
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ayenia cuneata;A. reflexa
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–early fall.
|habitat=On limestone and granite soil, steep rocky slopes, canyons, sandy washes
|elevation=1000–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sinaloa;Sonora;Zacatecas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1889
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_365.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Ayenia
|species=Ayenia filiformis
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