Stanleya elata
| Stanleya elata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Stanleya |
| Species: | S. elata
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| Binomial name | |
| Stanleya elata M.E.Jones
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Stanleya elata is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Panamint princesplume.[1] It is native to the desert mountains of eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in rocky and scrubby habitat types. It may also occur in Arizona.[2] It is a perennial herb producing one or more erect stems reaching about 1.5 meters in maximum height. They are hairless and often waxy in texture. The thick, leathery leaves have lance-shaped or oblong blades with smooth or toothed edges measuring up to 15 centimeters long. They are borne on petioles. The top of the stem is occupied by a long inflorescence which is a dense, snaking raceme of many flowers. Each flower has four narrow, threadlike yellow or whitish petals each about a centimeter long and a millimeter wide. The fruit is a long, thin, wormlike silique which may be 10 centimeters in length. It contains tiny seeds.
References[]
- ^ "Stanleya elata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America
External links[]
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- Brassicaceae
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Nevada
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Panamint Range
- Endemic flora of the United States
- Brassicales stubs