Key to Thymophylla

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(For a list of species in Thymophylla, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Subshrub; leaves generally 

opposite 

1. Arranged in pairs along an axis - e.g., two leaves per node. 2. Occurring in the same rank, directly above or below, as 'stamens opposite petals'. 3. Located directly across from.

, 

lobe 

1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.

tips generally stiff, bristle-like ..... T. pentachaeta var. belenidium

1' Annual; leaves mostly 

alternate 

1. Arranged singly, often spirally, along an axis - e.g., one leaf per node. 2. Occurring in different ranks, appearing to be between, not directly above or below, as 'stamens alternate petals'.

, opposite only at proximal 1–3 

nodes 

Position on a stem from which one or more structures (especially leaves, buds, branches, or flowers) arise.

, lobe tips weak, not bristle-like ..... [T. tenuiloba var. tenuiloba]

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