Key to Allionia incarnata

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

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1. Perianth limb 3–10 mm, 

head 

1. A dense, often spheric inflorescence of sessile or subsessile flowers.
2. In Asteraceae and some other groups, a head-like inflorescence is one in which sessile or subsessile inflorescence units (e.g., heads in Asteraceae, umbels enclosed by involucres in Eriogonum), instead of individual flowers, are attached in a short dense cluster without an evident axis or branches.

5–12 mm wide at maturity, 

peduncle 

Stalk of an individual flower borne singly, not in an inflorescence, or of an entire inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit; the stalk subtending an involucre (e.g., in Asteraceae, Polygonaceae).

generally < 15 mm; stamens generally ± 

included 

Not protruding out of surrounding structure(s) (e.g., stamens included in corolla).

..... var. incarnata

1' Perianth limb 8–15 mm, head 20–25 mm wide at maturity, peduncle > 15 mm; stamens generally 

exserted 

Protruding out of surrounding structure(s) (e.g., stamens exserted from corolla).

..... var. villosa

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