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Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. gracilipes (B.L. Rob.) Al-Shehbaz

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Published In: Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 204: 108. 1973. (Contr. Gray Herb.)

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6c. Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Al-Shehbaz, Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 108. 1973; T. integrifolium var. gracilipes B. L. Robinson in A. Gray & S. Watson, Syn.. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 176. 1895; Pleurophragma gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 433. 1907; T. gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Rydberg; T. rhomboideum Greene var. gracilipes (B. L. Robinson) Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 277. 1923. TYPE: United States, SW Colorado, T. S. Brandegee 1233 (holotype, GH!).

Pleurophragma platypodum Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 434. 1907. TYPE: United States, Utah, Grad Co., Moab, 30 Aug. 1891, Marcus E. Jones s.n. (holotype, NY!; isotypes, CAS!, DS!, GH!, MICH!, MO!, NY!, POM!, RM!, TEX!, UC!, US!, WS!).

Raceme in fruit elongated considerably, somewhat congested; central rachis (3–)8–20(–28) cm; fruiting pedicels stout, strongly flattened at base, (2–)2.5–4.5(–6) mm, not whitish, straight, horizontal or occasionally divaricate or slightly reflexed. Petals white or lavender, rarely purple, (5–)6.5–9(–10) mm. Fruits (0.8–)1.5–2.5(–3.3) cm, incurved or sometimes straight, horizontal to divaricate or slightly reflexed; gynophore slender, (0.5–)0.8–3(–4) mm.

Flowering: Jul–Aug.

Habitat: canyons, desert shrub communities, alkaline flats.

Elevation: 1000–2500 m.

Distribution: United States (NE Arizona, W Colorado, NW New Mexico, E Utah).