View source for Cleomella obtusifolia

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|accepted_name=Cleomella obtusifolia
|accepted_authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.,
|place=311. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Mojave stinkweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cleomella obtusifolia var. florifera
|authority=Crum ex Jepson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cleomella obtusifolia var. jonesii
|authority=Crum ex Jepson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cleomella obtusifolia var. pubescens
|authority=A. Nelson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cleomella taurocranos
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Cleomella;Cleomella obtusifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cleomella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cleomella obtusifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 209
|treatment_page=page 212
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>10–40(–120) cm. <b>Stems</b> profusely branched at base (usually spreading or mat-like, sometimes erect); moderately to densely hairy (sometimes spreading-hispidulous). <b>Leaves</b>: stipules finely divided into crinkled threads, 5–7 mm; petiole 0.7–0.8(–2) cm; leaflet blade elliptic to obovate, 0.5–1.5 × 0.2–0.8 cm, thin, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronulate, surfaces spreading-hispidulous. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, terminating stems and branches (solitary flowers in leaf axils of distal stems), 0.5–1.2 cm (0.5–1 cm in fruit); bracts unifoliate, 2–7 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending in fruit, 4–10 mm (3–12 mm in fruit). <b>Flowers</b>: sepals green, ovate-deltate, 1–1.5(–2.3) × 0.9–1.2 mm, sparsely hairy; petals yellow or orange, oblong, 3.5–6 × 1.2–2 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially; stamens yellow, 8–14 mm; anthers 1.5–2.2 mm; gynophore reflexed, 4–5 mm in fruit; ovary ± rhomboidal, 1–1.5 mm; style 2–3(–5) mm. <b>Capsules</b> rhomboidal, 3.5–4 × 7–10 mm (striate), strigose. <b>Seeds</b> (1–)2–6, light brown to gray with black mottling, globose, 1.5 mm, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–fall.
|habitat=Sandy, often alkaline flats and desert playas
|elevation=300-1300(-2000) m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.
|discussion=<p><i>Cleomella obtusifolia</i> is variable in degree of pubescence, elaboration of stipules, and fruit shape. Four varieties have been recognized; additional taxonomic investigation is desirable.</p>
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name=Cleomella obtusifolia
|authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cleomella obtusifolia var. florifera;Cleomella obtusifolia var. jonesii;Cleomella obtusifolia var. pubescens;Cleomella taurocranos
|basionyms=
|family=Cleomaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–fall.
|habitat=Sandy, often alkaline flats and desert playas
|elevation=300-1300(-2000) m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.,
|publication year=1845
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_289.xml
|genus=Cleomella
|species=Cleomella obtusifolia
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