Cedar Mountain Fameflower (Phemeranthus thompsonii)
Description
Plants to 5 dm; roots tuberous, fleshily woody. Stems spreading-ascending, branching, suffru-tescent. Leaves sessile; blade subterete, to 3.5 cm. Inflores-cences cymose, overtopping leaves; peduncle not scapelike, to 1 cm. Flowers: sepals persistent, ovate, to 5 mm; petals pink, obovate, to 8 mm, apex short-acuminate; stamens 10; stigma 1, capitate. Capsules apically keeled along sutures, ellipsoid, to 6.5 mm. Seeds without arcuate ridges, to 1.3 mm.Flowering Jul-Aug. Pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine communities in silicious conglomeritic gravel; of conservation concern; 2000-2500 m; Utah.
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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