Key to Petalonyx
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Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Petals free;
leaves linear Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
to narrowly (ob)lanceolate
..... P. linearis 1' Petal claws adherent, ± tubular; leaves
lanceolate Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip.
to widely
ovate Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.
2' Leaves
sessile Without a petiole, peduncle, pedicel, or other kind of stalk.
, cauline
reduced upwards
..... P. thurberi 3. Hairs soft,
spreading Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.
;
stamens 4–7.5 mm
..... subsp. gilmanii 3' Hairs rough,
appressed Parallel or nearly parallel to and often in contact with surface of origin; used to describe the disposition of hairs, leaves, pedicels, etc.
downward; stamens 6–10 mm
..... subsp. thurberi
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