Biology:Stanleya elata
Stanleya elata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Stanleya |
Species: | S. elata
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Binomial name | |
Stanleya elata M.E.Jones
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Stanleya elata is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Panamint princesplume.[1] It is native to the desert mountains of eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in rocky and scrubby habitat types. It may also occur in Arizona.[2] It is a perennial herb producing one or more erect stems reaching about 1.5 meters in maximum height. They are hairless and often waxy in texture. The thick, leathery leaves have lance-shaped or oblong blades with smooth or toothed edges measuring up to 15 centimeters long. They are borne on petioles. The top of the stem is occupied by a long inflorescence which is a dense, snaking raceme of many flowers. Each flower has four narrow, threadlike yellow or whitish petals each about a centimeter long and a millimeter wide. The fruit is a long, thin, wormlike silique which may be 10 centimeters in length. It contains tiny seeds.
References
- ↑ "Stanleya elata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=STEL. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ Flora of North America
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7600077 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanleya elata.
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