View source for Rhinotropis rusbyi

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|accepted_name=Rhinotropis rusbyi
|accepted_authority=(Greene) J. R. Abbott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
|place=5: 135. 2011
|year=2011
}}
|common_names=Rusby’s milkwort
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polygala rusbyi 
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication_place=10: 125.  1883
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygalaceae;Rhinotropis;Rhinotropis rusbyi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygalaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhinotropis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhinotropis rusbyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, usually multi-stemmed, 0.2–1.2 dm. <b>Stems</b> decumbent to erect, densely pubescent, hairs spreading. <b>Leaves</b> subsessile; blade elliptic or obovate, 6–20(–26) × 3–10(–12) mm, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces pubescent, hairs spreading. <b>Racemes</b> terminal, sometimes leaf-opposed, 1–3.5 × 1.5–2.8 cm; rachis weakly thorn-tipped (often not clearly visible when young); peduncle 0–0.5 cm; bracts semipersistent, lanceolate to linear. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–7(–8.6) mm, pubescent. <b>Flowers</b> pink and white, sepals pink or brownish pink, margins white, keel beak yellow to yellow-green, (7.5–)8.5–13(–14) mm; sepals persistent, elliptic or ovate, (3–)3.5–6(–7) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; wings narrowly elliptic to obovate, (7.2–)8–11.5(–12.3) ×3.2–5.6 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; keel (6.5–)7.2–10.7 mm, sac spreading-pubescent in distal 1/2, sometimes also proximally, beak oblong, (1.6–)1.9–3.2 × (0.5–)0.7–1 mm, pubescent. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 4.8–8.5 × 4–5.7 mm, base obtuse or rounded, margins with very narrow wing, sparsely pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 3.5–4.8 mm, pubescent; aril 0.8–2.6 mm, lobes 0–1/2 length of seed. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Calcareous or gypseous soil in open pinyon-juniper woodlands or transition to desert scrub.
|elevation=900–1800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.
|discussion=<p>Rhinotropis rusbyi occurs in Coconino, Maricopa, Mohave, and Yavapai counties.</p>
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name=Rhinotropis rusbyi
|authority=(Greene) J. R. Abbott
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polygala rusbyi
|family=Polygalaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Calcareous or gypseous soil in open pinyon-juniper woodlands or transition to desert scrub.
|elevation=900–1800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
|publication year=2011
|special status=
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|genus=Rhinotropis
|species=Rhinotropis rusbyi
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