Paronychia erecta

(Chapman) Shinners

Sida 1: 102. 1962.

Common names: Squareflower
Basionym: Siphonychia erecta Chapman
Synonyms: Odontonychia corymbosa (Small) SmallOdontonychia erecta (Chapman) SmallParonychia erecta var. corymbosa (Small) Chaudhri
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Plants perennial (occasionally biennial), often matted; taproot stout. Stems prostrate to ascending, branched especially distally, retrorsely to spreading-pubescent throughout (when pubescent); flowering stems 8–48 cm; sterile stems 2–10 cm. Leaves: stipules ovate-lanceolate, 2–12 mm, apex acuminate, entire; blade linear to spatulate-oblanceolate, 4–40 × 1–4 mm, leathery, apex obtuse to acute, moderately antrorsely pubescent. Cymes terminal, 15–200+-flowered, branched, densely to loosely grouped to form subcorymbose clusters 5–50 mm wide. Flowers 5-merous, narrowly ellipsoid, with slightly enlarged hypanthium and calyx tapering distally, 2.3–3.5 mm, glabrous to slightly puberulent proximally with straight to hooked hairs; sepals red-brown, white or whitish distally, veins absent, narrowly oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 1.4–2 mm, papery, margins white, ca. 0.1 mm wide, papery, apex rounded, hood formed from slight incurving, awn or mucro absent; staminodes narrowly oblong, 0.4 mm; style 1, cleft in distal 1/10, 1.3–1.7 mm. Utricles ovoid to ellipsoid, 1–1.2 mm, rugulose, glabrous.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Coastal dunes, sandflats, pine/oak woodlands
Elevation: 0-100 m

Discussion

Plants with pubescent stems, strigose leaves, and pubescent receptacles have been recognized as var. corymbosa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Ronald L. Hartman +, John W. Thieret +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
(Chapman) Shinners +
Siphonychia erecta +
Squareflower +
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0-100 m +
Coastal dunes, sandflats, pine/oak woodlands +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Odontonychia corymbosa +, Odontonychia erecta +  and Paronychia erecta var. corymbosa +
Paronychia erecta +
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