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6d. Thelypodium integrifolium (Nuttall) Endlicher subsp. gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Al-Shehbaz, Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 108. 1973.

Thelypodium integrifolium var. gracilipes B. L. Robinson in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1,1): 176. 1895; Pleurophragma gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Rydberg; P. platypodum Rydberg; T. gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Rydberg; T. rhomboideum Greene var. gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Payson

Racemes (somewhat congested), considerably elongated in fruit; central rachis (3-)8-20(-28) cm. Fruiting pedicels often horizontal, sometimes divaricate or slightly reflexed, straight, not whitish, stout, (2-) 2.5-4.5(-6) mm, strongly flattened at base. Flowers: petals usually white or lavender, rarely purple, (5-)6.5-9 (-10) mm; gynophore slender, (0.5-)0.8-3(-4) mm. Fruits horizontal to divaricate or slightly reflexed, often incurved, sometimes straight, (0.8-)1.5-2.5(-3.3) cm. 2n = 26.

Flowering Jul-Aug. Canyons, desert shrub communities, alkaline flats; 1000-2500 m; Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah.


 

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