Difference between revisions of "Pterospora andromedea"
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 269. 1818 ,.
Common names: Pinedrops ptérospore andromeda
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 389.
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Inflorescences 1.5–17 dm, glandular-hirsute; bracts 2–3.5 × 0.5–1 cm, scarious at maturity. Flowers: sepals 4–6 × 2–3 mm; corolla 6–9 mm, base not saccate, lobes reflexed, rounded to blunt; stamens 3–5 mm; anthers horizontal at anthesis, ca. 1 mm diam., awns to 1.5 mm; ovary 3–4 × 4–6 mm, glabrous; style 1–3 × 1 mm; stigma yellowish, ca. 1.5 mm diam. Capsules persistent, thin-segmented, remaining connate at apex, 5–10 × 7–14 mm. Seeds 0.2–0.5 mm including wing. 2n = 16, 48.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Moist to dry, often deep humus of mixed-deciduous or coniferous forests (sometimes on calcareous substrates)
Elevation: 60-3700 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., N.B., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mich., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., Oreg., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wyo., Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León).
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.