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Pyxidanthera
Family:
Diapensiaceae
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Flora of North America
Resources
Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Subshrubs
, creeping, mat-forming, caulescent, rhizomatous, from adventitiously rooted, slender, woody stems.
Stems:
main stems mostly prostrate to decumbent, branched; branches prostrate to decumbent.
Leaves
cauline, alternate, often densely congested, 2-7(-10) mm; petiole absent; blade narrowly oblanceolate to lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, margins entire, apex acute, minutely apiculate, surfaces glabrous or hairy, appearing 1-veined.
Inflorescences
solitary flowers, usually at tips of short, leafy branches, sessile.
Flowers:
sepals connate proximally; petals connate in proximal 2/5-1/2, corolla rotate, 2-5 mm, lobes white, margins entire or slightly erose; anthers 2-locular, basally spurred, transversely dehiscent; filaments adnate to corolla tube; staminodes absent.
x
= 6.
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Pyxidanthera barbulata
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Pyxidanthera brevifolia
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Pyxidanthera spathulata
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not available