View source for Phemeranthus teretifolius

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|accepted_name=Phemeranthus teretifolius
|accepted_authority=(Pursh) Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Specchio Sci.
|place=1: 86. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|common_names=Rock-portulaca
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Talinum teretifolium
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication_place=2: 365. 1814
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Claytonia teretifolia
|authority=(Pursh) Kuntze
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Talinum ciliatum
|authority=Lindley
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Phemeranthus;Phemeranthus teretifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phemeranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phemeranthus teretifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 490
|treatment_page=page 495
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 5 dm; roots elongate, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> ± erect, simple or sometimes branching. <b>Leaves</b> sessile; blade terete, to 6 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose, over-topping leaves; peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals deciduous, elliptic to ovate, 3–4 mm; petals rose-purple, obovate, 5–7 mm; stamens 12–20; stigma 1, subcapitate or sometimes indistinctly 3-lobed. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 4–5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> without arcuate ridges, 0.8–1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Thin, rocky or sandy soil, usually on or near edges of sandstone, granitic, and serpentine outcrops
|elevation=200-1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Phemeranthus teretifolius</i> is an allopolyploid derived from <i>P. parviflorus</i> and <i>P. mengesii</i>, both of which it evidently outcompetes within its southern Appalachian range (M. E. B. Carter and W. H. Murdy 1985; W. H. Murdy and M. E. B. Carter 1985, 2001).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Phemeranthus teretifolius
|authority=(Pursh) Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Claytonia teretifolia;Talinum ciliatum
|basionyms=Talinum teretifolium
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Thin, rocky or sandy soil, usually on or near edges of sandstone, granitic, and serpentine outcrops
|elevation=200-1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Specchio Sci.
|publication year=1814
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_1007.xml
|genus=Phemeranthus
|species=Phemeranthus teretifolius
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