View source for Fendlera linearis

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Fendlera linearis
|accepted_authority=Rehder
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|place=1: 205. 1920
|year=1920
}}
|common_names=Narrow-leaf Fendler-bush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fendlera rigida
|authority=I. M. Johnston
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=F. tamaulipana
|authority=B. L. Turner
}}
|hierarchy=Hydrangeaceae;Fendlera;Fendlera linearis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrangeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fendlera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fendlera linearis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>5–30 dm. <b>Branches</b> ± thorn-tipped; twigs densely strigose and with minute, branched trichomes. <b>Leaves</b>: blade linear, 7–25(–35) × 1.3–2 mm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margins strongly revolute, touching midvein, apex acute, mucronulate, abaxial surface hidden, adaxial surface usually sparsely sericeous, sometimes glabrate, trichomes appressed, to 0.4 mm; midvein 0.5–1 mm wide, flat. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–6 mm, strigose and with minute, branched trichomes. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium and calyx tube 1.5–3.5 mm; sepals becoming reflexed, triangular, 3–6 × 1.5–3 mm, sparsely sericeous and with minute, branched trichomes abaxially; petals white, 5–11 × 4–7 mm, claw 3–4.5 mm, blade ovate, round-obovate, or deltate-ovate, margins ± erose; filaments 3.5–8 × 2–2.5 mm; anthers 2–4 mm; styles 1–1.2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 9–13 × 5–6 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 3–5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Limestone walls, slopes, rocky woodlands, chaparral, gypsum hills.
|elevation=1100–1900 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p><i>Fendlera linearis</i> is well marked, although variable in habit and in flower and fruit sizes. In Texas, it is known only from Brewster and Presidio counties. It reportedly is browsed heavily by deer and other animals.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Fendlera linearis
|author=
|authority=Rehder
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Fendlera rigida;F. tamaulipana
|basionyms=
|family=Hydrangeaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Limestone walls, slopes, rocky woodlands, chaparral, gypsum hills.
|elevation=1100–1900 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|publication year=1920
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_61.xml
|genus=Fendlera
|species=Fendlera linearis
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