Difference between revisions of "Pseudostellaria sierrae"

Rabeler & R. L. Hartman

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Common names: Sierra starwort
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Revision as of 18:37, 18 September 2019

Rhizomes with ± vertical, fleshy roots 5–15 cm × 0.3 mm, enlarging distally to 2–3 mm diam. Stems terete, obtusely angled or grooved when pressed, 9–27 cm, glabrous. Leaf blades narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 0.7–3.5 × 0.1–0.5(–0.8) cm, margins flat, thinly scarious, smooth, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal, solitary flowers, sometimes on 1–2 axillary branches. Pedicels abruptly bent downward near distal end in fruit, glabrous. Flowers: sepals lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 4–6.5(–7) × 1–1.7 mm, glabrous; petals 5–8(–9) × 1–1.5 mm, apex notch 0.2–0.7 mm deep, lobes ± acute; anthers 5, yellow; styles 2–3.5 mm; stigmas terminal, 0.1–0.2 mm. Capsules 4–4.5 mm. Seeds 1(–2), light brown, circular to somewhat oblong, flattened laterally, 3–3.4 mm; tubercles broadly conic to elongate, rounded, each with 6–12 minute, red bumps that develop into 5–8 conic projections ca. 0.02 mm (50×).


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry understory of mixed oak or coniferous forests
Elevation: 1400-2000 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

First collected in the 1880s, Pseudostellaria sierrae appears to be limited to the northern High Sierra region (J. C. Hickman 1993b).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.