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ACANTHOMINTHA THORNMINT

John M. Miller & James D. Jokerst


Annual, hairy or not, aromatic.
Stem: erect, branched or not.
Leaf: petioled; blade lanceolate to obovate, entire to spiny.
Inflorescence: clusters, head-like, terminal and generally axillary; bracts generally scarious, veins conspicuous, margins spiny.
Flower: calyx 2-lipped, lobes spine-tipped, upper 3 acuminate, lower 2 oblong; corolla funnel-shaped, 2-lipped, white, occasionally tinged lavender or rose, throat cream, upper lip 2-lobed to entire, hooded, lower lip 3-lobed, reflexed; stamens 4, upper 2 reduced, sterile or not; style slender, lower lobe longer.
Fruit: smooth, ovoid.
4 species: s CA-FP. (Greek: thorn mint) [Wagstaff et al. 1998 Plant Syst Evol 209:265–274]
Unabridged references: [Jokerst 1991 Madroño 38:278–286]

Key to Acanthomintha

1. St hairs short proximally, conspicuously glandular distally; style hairy; upper corolla lip ± = lower, 2-lobed, deeply hooded ..... A. lanceolata

1' St hairs 0 to long, if glandular then inconspicuous; style glabrous; upper corolla lip < lower, entire, shallowly hooded

2. Upper stamens sterile; anthers glabrous; SCo, sw PR ..... A. ilicifolia

2' Upper stamens fertile; anthers hairy; CW, WTR

3. Anthers pink-red; margins of distal leaves not spiny; stem generally unbranched; inflorescence generally terminal; CCo, SnFrB ..... A. duttonii

3' Anthers cream; margins of distal leaves spiny; stem generally branched proximally; inflorescence terminal and axillary; SCoR, WTR ..... A. obovata

4. Hairs of stem and calyx 0 to short, not glandular; bracts round to wider than long, cordate-clasping at base; SCoRO, w&c WTR ..... subsp. cordata

4' Hairs of stem and calyx short or long, some inconspicuously glandular; bracts generally longer than wide, obtuse to truncate at base; SCoRI ..... subsp. obovata

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