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

3' Pedicels 2–40(60) mm

5. Calyx lobes keeled; corolla lobes 3–7 mm ..... Z. davyi

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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