Pink fameflower (Phemeranthus longipes)
Description
Plants to 1.5 dm; roots slender, elongate, tortuous, woody. Stems - erect, simple or branching, sometimes bearing persistent midribs of dead leaves basally, suffrutescent. Leaves sessile; blade terete, 1-2.5 cm. Inflorescences cymose, much overtopping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 12 cm. Flowers: sepals deciduous, often pinkish, orbiculate to suborbiculate, 2-3 mm; petals pink, obovate, 4-5 mm; stamens 10; stigmas 3, linear. Capsules subglobose, 3.5 mm. Seeds with arcuate ridges, 1 mm.Flowering Jul-Sep. Open areas in canyons and on slopes, and crests; 1600-2000 m; N.Mex., Tex.; n Mexico (Tamaulipas).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Montiaceae
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Genus: Phemeranthus
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