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Samolus ebracteatus
Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2(fol.): plate 129. 1817; 2(fol.): 181; 2(qto.): 223. 1818.
Limewater brookweed
Samodia ebracteata
(Kunth) Bauda;
Samolus alyssoides
A. Heller;
S. cuneatus
Small;
S. ebracteatus
subsp.
alyssoides
(A. Heller) R. Knuth;
S. ebracteatus
subsp.
cuneatus
(Small) R. Knuth;
S. ebracteatus
var.
cuneatus
(Small) Henrickson
Plants
bright-green or glau-cous, not stoloniferous, 1.5-6 dm.
Stems
erect or ascending.
Leaves
usually crowded near plant base, sessile or petiolate; blade spatulate, 2.5-16 cm, base decurrent, attenuate to cuneate, apex rounded to obtuse, sometimes apiculate.
Inflorescences
terminal, racemose, pedunculate; peduncle 5-10 cm, frequently longer than stem.
Pedicels
ascending, ebracteate, 1.5-20 mm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular.
Flowers:
calyx 2-3 mm, lobes triangular-ovate to triangular-lanceolate, equaling or longer than tube, apex acute, glandular at least near base; corolla pink or whitish, 3-7.5 mm, lobes suborbiculate to broadly cuneate, shorter than tube, base with glandular tuft, apex rounded to truncate, often noticeably erose; staminodes absent.
Capsules
3-4 mm.
Flowering spring-fall. Moist to wet sites, dunes, coastal strands, salt marshes; 0-1200 m; Fla., Kans., La., Nev., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America.
J. Henrickson (1983) proposed five varieties of
Samolus ebracteatus
based on flower size and nature of the pedicel glands. He indicated that these merely represented the extremes of diversity found in this taxon, with much overlap in expressions of the characters, especially north of Mexico.
SELECTED REFERENCE Henrickson, J. 1983. A revision of
Samolus ebracteatus
sensu lato (Primulaceae). SouthW. Naturalist 28: 303-314.
