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Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.López & Romo

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Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Petrorhagia

Characteristics

Plants annual. Stems erect, simple or branched, (9.5-)25-40(-91) cm; internodes glabrous or mid-stem ones densely stipitate-glan-dular. Leaves: sheath (3-)4-9 mm, 2-3 times as long as wide; blade 3-veined, linear to oblanceolate, 10-60 mm, margins scabrous. Inflorescences capitate; inflorescence bracts and involucel bracetoles enclosing flowers, broadly ovate, brown-scarious, apex mucronate. Pedicels 0.1-3 mm. Flowers: sepals (8-)12-15 mm; petals pink or purplish, primary veins 3, (3-)5-6 veins darkly colored near base of blade, apex 2-fid, sometimes obcordate. Seeds helmet-shaped, 1-1.4 mm, covered with conical papillae. 2n = 30 (Europe).
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Herb, annual, with densely glandular-tomentose internodes in the midstem region. Stem erect, to 50 cm tall. Leaves sessile, linear, acute, 10–60 mm long, 1–3.5 mm wide; sheaths at least twice as long as wide. Inflorescence a dense, terminal cluster of flowers; bracts all ± mucronate, concealing calyces. Pedicels to c. 0.5 mm long. Calyx c. 10 mm long; calyx lobes short, obtuse, membranous. Petals 10–13 mm long, 1.2–2.5 mm wide, pink or purplish, ± emarginate. Styles 2. Capsule elliptic-ovoid, c. 5 mm long. Seeds 1–1.3 mm long, brownish black, strongly cucullate, echinate-tuberculate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.4
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A widespread weed of disturbed, dry places and semi-natural grassland.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Images

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Distribution

Petrorhagia dubia world distribution map, present in Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Chile, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Macedonia, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945509-1
WFO ID wfo-0000395411
COL ID 776GX
BDTFX ID 48403
INPN ID 112806
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Petrorhagia velutina Tunica velutina Petrorhagia dubia Dianthus velutinus Gypsophila velutina Dianthus sartorii Petrorhagia prolifera subsp. velutina Dianthus dubius Kohlrauschia velutina
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