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Polanisia erosa
(Nutt.) Iltis
Family:
Cleomaceae
Moosehead,
more...
large clammyweed
[
Cristatella erosa
Nutt.]
FNA
Resources
Gordon C. Tucker in Flora of North America (vol. 7)
Annuals,
10-60 cm.
Stems
branched or unbranched; hairs sessile or stalked, glandular throughout.
Leaves:
petiole purple, angled, 0.3-1.5 cm; leaflet blade (conduplicate) ,linear to narrowly elliptic, 0.9-3.5 × 0.1-0.2 cm, margins entire, apex acute, mucronulate, surfaces densely glandular abaxially, sparsely glandular adaxially, (fleshy).
Racemes
(glandular), 1-3 cm (6-8 cm in fruit); bracts uni- to trifoliate, ovate, 7-15 mm.
Pedicels
10-23 mm.
Flowers:
sepals (± erect), green to purple, lanceolate to obovate, 2.5-3.6 × 0.8-1.2 mm, margins entire, apex acute, glabrous; petals white, oblong-ovate, clawed, abaxial pair 3-5 × 2.5-3 mm (9 or 10-lobed), apex lacerate, adaxial pair 6-11 × 3.5-5 mm (4-6-lobed), apex emarginate to lacerate; nectary glands yellow (drying purple), 1-5.5 mm; stamens 6-15, exserted, purple, 10-13 mm; anthers purple, 1-1.5 mm; gynophore 3-14 mm in fruit; ovary 5-8 mm; style persistent in fruit, 2.5-4.5 mm; stigma green.
Capsules
20-60 × 2-2.5(-5) mm, reticulate, glabrous or sparsely glandular.
Seeds
12-40, dark reddish brown, globose to oblong, 1.5-1.8 mm, finely pebbled or beaded.
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