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Asemeia apopetala (Brandeg.) J. F. B. Pastore & J. R. Abbott

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Polygala apopetala Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad Sci. II. 2: 130. 1889.
Shrub or small tree, 0.6-5 m. high, the branches strigillose; leaves ovate, 2.5-5 cm. long, 1.7-2.2 cm. wide, acutish to truncate or retuse at the mucronulate apex, cuneate at base, thin but firm, sparsely strigillose, somewhat reticulate; petioles 2-3 mm. long; racemes terminal, 10-32-flowered, 5-19 cm. long; flowers pinkish-purple; pedicels sparsely appressed-hairy, 7-12 mm. long; sepals densely ciliate, 4-5 mm. long; wings suborbicular, retuse at the rounded apex, short-clawed, very minutely glandular-ciliolate, strongly reticulate in fruit, 12-15 mm. long and wide; keel 9 mm. long; capsule quadrate-orbicular, emarginate, glabrous, 1.5-1.9 cm. long, 1.5-1.7 cm. wide; seed ellipsoid, bronzy-brown, pilosulous, 9 mm. long, 6 mm. wide; aril very minute, corneous, 0.5 mm. long.
Type locality: Comondu. Lower California.
Distribution: Southern Lower California.
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John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Asemeia apopetala

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Asemeia apopetala is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family commonly known as Brandegee milkwort or rama mora. It is a shrub or a small tree characterized by showy pink to magenta flowers that bloom from September to November or any time of year with ample rainfall.[2] It was first described in 1889 and is endemic to Baja California Sur, Mexico.[3][4] It is the type for the subgenus Apopetala of Asemeia.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Baja California Sur, Mexico.[4] It ranges from the Sierra de San Francisco in the northern part of the state south through the Sierra de la Giganta and the Sierra de la Laguna of the Cape region.[2] It is typically found growing on rocky hillsides and canyon walls.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Asemeia apopetala (Brandegee) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Rebman, Jon P.; Roberts, Norman C. (2012). Baja California Plant Field Guide. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-916251-18-5.
  3. ^ "Polygala apopetala | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego Natural History Museum. 45: 230 – via San Diego Plant Atlas.
  5. ^ Pastore, J. F. B.; Abbott, J. R. (2012). "Taxonomic notes and new combinations for Asemeia (Polygalaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 67 (4): 801–813. ISSN 0075-5974.
  6. ^ Wiggins, Ira L. (1980). Flora of Baja California. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 765. ISBN 0-8047-1016-3. OCLC 6284257.

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Asemeia apopetala: Brief Summary

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Asemeia apopetala is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family commonly known as Brandegee milkwort or rama mora. It is a shrub or a small tree characterized by showy pink to magenta flowers that bloom from September to November or any time of year with ample rainfall. It was first described in 1889 and is endemic to Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is the type for the subgenus Apopetala of Asemeia.

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