Stanleya albescens M.E.Jones

White princesplume (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Stanleya

Characteristics

Biennials; (glaucous), mostly glabrous. Stems unbranched or branched (few) proximally and distally, 2-8(-10) dm. Basal leaves: petiole 1-6.5 cm; blade (fleshy), broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate or ovate in outline, (1.6-)3-17(-20) cm × (10-) 20-80 mm, margins lyrate-pinnatifid or runcinate. Cauline leaves petiolate; blade similar to basal, smaller distally, margins sometimes entire. Racemes somewhat dense. Fruiting pedicels horizontal to divaricate-ascending, (straight), (4-)5-11 (-15) mm. Flowers: sepals oblong-linear, (9-)11-18 mm; petals pale yellow to whitish, orbicular to broadly obovate, 12-18 × (2.5-)3-6 mm, claw 5-8 mm, wider at base, pubescent inside apically; filaments 1-2.2 mm, base pilose; anthers 3-5.5 mm; gynophore 10-22(-26) mm, hirsute at base. Fruits suberect to ascending, slightly curved inward, subterete, 2.3-6 cm × 1-2 mm; ovules 24-44 per ovary; style 0.2-0.5 mm. Seeds ovoid to oblong, 1.4-2 × 0.8-0.9 mm.
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A cabbage family herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
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Environment

Seleniferous soils, 1200-1500 metres in Arizona.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Caution: Fresh leaves are considered poisonous. The young leaves are boiled in 2 or 3 changes of water then eaten.
Uses food food additive poison vertebrate poison
Edible leaves seeds shoots stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Stanleya albescens world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298782-2
WFO ID wfo-0001216787
COL ID 4ZHT4
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Stanleya albescens