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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ayenia compacta is a species of shrub in the mallow family known by the common name California ayenia.
Ayenia compacta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Ayenia |
Species: | A. compacta |
Binomial name | |
Ayenia compacta | |
Synonyms | |
Ayenia californica |
It is native to California, Arizona, and Baja California, in the Sonoran Desert and its Colorado Desert, and in the sky islands of the Mojave Desert.
Ayenia compacta is a small shrub producing many erect, branching stems up to 40 centimeters tall from a taproot. The sparse leaves are oval in shape and edged in dull teeth.
The flowers appear in the leaf axils. Each has upcurled sepals in one layer and downcurled petals in a layer just above. Each petal has a threadlike claw.
The capsule fruit is a purple-tinted yellow sphere about half a centimeter wide.
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