Key to Zeltnera
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(For a list of species in Zeltnera, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Pedicels generally 10–70 mm, generally > closed
corollas; flower parts generally in 4s
..... Z. exaltata 1' Pedicels 0–40(60) mm, generally < closed corollas (except in some robust plants of
Zeltnera venusta); flower parts in 5s
2. Leaves linear Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
to thread-like;
stigma 1, ± 2-lobed
..... Z. namophila 2' Leaves
ovate Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.
or
lanceolate Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip.
to
elliptic In the shape of a flattened circle or ellipse; wider than linear
to oblanceolate or obovate;
stigmas 1–2
3. Pedicels of
proximal, central flowers 0–10 mm, of other flowers generally 0–5 mm, of
distal often 0
4. Corolla 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.
2–7 mm, tips rounded; stigmas 2, wide-fan-shaped
..... Z. muehlenbergii 4' Corolla lobes (3)5–10 mm, tips
acute Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle.
to
acuminate Having a long-tapered, sharp tip, the sides concave.
; stigma 1, lobes ± 2, wedge-shaped
..... Z. trichantha 5' Calyx lobes not keeled; corolla lobes (2)5–20 mm.
6. Main
stems from base generally several;
basal At or near the base of a plant or plant part. Especially said of leaves clustered near the ground or of a placenta confined to the base of an ovary.
leaves often rosetted, generally oblanceolate
..... Z. arizonica 6' Main
stem from base generally 1; basal leaves 0 or generally not rosetted, narrow-ovate-oblong to lanceolate
..... Z. venusta
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