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Wissadula parvifolia
Habit Plants branched, 1 m. Stems slender, minutely and obscurely stellate-hairy.
Leaves

stipules minute;

petiole 1–1.5(–2) cm, to 1/3 times blade length, minutely and obscurely stellate-hairy;

blade discolorous, ovate, 2.5–3.5 cm, base ± cordate, margins ± straight, apex acute to subobtuse.
Inflorescences

open racemes or panicles, ebracteate.
Pedicels

2–3 cm.
Flowers

calyx ca. 1/2-divided, 3–5 mm;

petals yellow, fading to orange, 5 mm.
Seeds

2.5 mm, minutely hairy.
Schizocarps

minutely and obscurely hairy;

mericarps 5, 7–9 mm.

Wissadula parvifolia
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Roadsides, disturbed sites
Elevation 100 m (300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Wissadula parvifolia is found only in Hidalgo County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 375.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Wissadula
Sibling taxa
W. hernandioides, W. periplocifolia
Name authority Fryxell: Lundellia 10: 3, fig. 2. (2007)
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