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Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl.  

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Family: Nyctaginaceae
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Frankie Coburn
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Richard W. Spellenberg in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Stems often tangled among themselves, 3-20 dm. Leaves: petiole 3-25 mm; blade ovate, triangular, or rhombic-orbiculate, 15-60 × 10-45 mm, base obtuse, truncate, or cordate, margins shallowly sinuate, apex usually acute or acuminate, sometimes obtuse or round. Inflorescences: peduncle 4-6 cm; umbel 4-11-flowered; pedicel 3-15 mm. Perianths pale greenish yellow, 3-4 mm, glabrous or with few minute hairs externally near margin of limb. Fruits usually reflexed at tip of pedicel, 7-10 × 1.5-2 mm. Flowering late spring-mid fall. Dry, gravelly areas, often among boulders or shrubs, roadsides; (0-)800-1800 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America.
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Patrick Alexander
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Liz Makings
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Eugene, (Gene) Sturla
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Frankie Coburn
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Eugene, (Gene) Sturla
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Anthony Mendoza
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Patrick Alexander
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Eugene, (Gene) Sturla
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Patrick Alexander
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Anthony Mendoza
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Eugene, (Gene) Sturla
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Patrick Alexander
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Patrick Alexander
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Eugene, (Gene) Sturla
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Anthony Mendoza
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Anthony Mendoza
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