Key to Pectiantia
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Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Stamens 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.
petals ..... P. pentandra 1' Stamens
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'.
petals
2. Leaf blade Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.
± round, 3–8 cm wide,
lobes 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.
indistinct, 7–11,
teeth ± round;
pedicel Stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit.
2–7 mm;
petiole Leaf stalk, connecting leaf blade to stem; sometimes more or less indistinct.
glabrous to ± hairy;
montane, > 1500 m
..... P. breweri 2' Leaf blade ovate-elliptic, generally < 5 cm wide, lobes distinct, 5–9, teeth ± sharp; pedicel <= 1.5 mm; petiole densely hairy; ± coastal n California, < 1000 m
..... P. ovalis
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