Tripterocalyx crux-maltae is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common names Lassen sandverbena[1] and Kellogg's sand-verbena.
Tripterocalyx crux-maltae grows in a patch on the ground, the multibranched stems spreading not more than 30 centimeters long. The stems are reddish in color and coated in sticky glandular hairs.
Each leaf has a fleshy green blade up to 7 centimeters long which is borne on a long petiole. The herbage is sticky in texture.
The inflorescence is a head of several elongated flowers borne on long, glandular pedicels all attached at the small central receptacle. Each trumpet-shaped purple or magenta flower may be up to 2.5 centimeters in length and over a centimeter wide at the face of the corolla, with 4 or 5 lobes.
The fruit has wide, thin, net-veined or ribbed wings and hairy surfaces.
ReferencesEdit
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripterocalyx crux-maltae". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile: Tripterocalyx crux-maltae
External linksEdit
Jepson Manual Treatment for Tripterocalyx crux-maltae
Flora of North America
Tripterocalyx crux-maltae — UC Photo gallery
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tripterocalyx, crux, maltae, species, flowering, plant, four, clock, family, known, common, names, lassen, sandverbena, kellogg, sand, verbena, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eudicotsorder, caryophyllales. Tripterocalyx crux maltae is a species of flowering plant in the four o clock family known by the common names Lassen sandverbena 1 and Kellogg s sand verbena Tripterocalyx crux maltaeScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsOrder CaryophyllalesFamily NyctaginaceaeGenus TripterocalyxSpecies T crux maltaeBinomial nameTripterocalyx crux maltae Kellogg Standl SynonymsAbronia crux maltae Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 References 4 External linksDistribution EditIt is native to a section of the Great Basin straddling the far northern California Nevada border where it grows in sagebrush habitat It is nearly endemic to Nevada with only one occurrence present in Lassen County California 2 Description EditTripterocalyx crux maltae grows in a patch on the ground the multibranched stems spreading not more than 30 centimeters long The stems are reddish in color and coated in sticky glandular hairs Each leaf has a fleshy green blade up to 7 centimeters long which is borne on a long petiole The herbage is sticky in texture The inflorescence is a head of several elongated flowers borne on long glandular pedicels all attached at the small central receptacle Each trumpet shaped purple or magenta flower may be up to 2 5 centimeters in length and over a centimeter wide at the face of the corolla with 4 or 5 lobes The fruit has wide thin net veined or ribbed wings and hairy surfaces References Edit USDA NRCS n d Tripterocalyx crux maltae The PLANTS Database plants usda gov Greensboro North Carolina National Plant Data Team Retrieved 15 December 2015 California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile Tripterocalyx crux maltaeExternal links EditJepson Manual Treatment for Tripterocalyx crux maltae Flora of North America Tripterocalyx crux maltae UC Photo gallery nbsp This Caryophyllales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tripterocalyx crux maltae amp oldid 1094753123, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
