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Wislizenia refracta, common names jackass clover or spectacle fruit, is one of the three recognized species in its genus Wislizenia, which some authors consider subspecies.[2] It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, particularly Chihuahua, Sonora, trans-Pecos Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California (Riverside, Kern and San Bernardino Counties).[3] The species occurs in sandy flats, desert scrub and disturbed sites such as roadsides.[4]

Wislizenia refracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Wislizenia
Species:
W. refracta
Binomial name
Wislizenia refracta
Engelm. in Wisl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Wislizenia costellata Rose ex Greene
  • Wislizenia melilotoides Greene
  • Wislizenia refracta var. melilotoides (Greene) I.M. Johnst.
  • Wislizenia scabrida Eastw.

Wislizenia refracta is an annual herb up to 200 cm (78.5 in) tall. Leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets ovate (egg-shaped), up to 5 cm (2 in) long. Its flowers are yellow.[5][6][7][8][9]


References


  1. Tropicos
  2. Keller, S. 1979. A revision of the genus Wislizenia (Capparidaceae) based on population studies. Brittonia 31: 333-351.
  3. Calflora Taxon Report
  4. Flora of North America v 7 p 214
  5. Wislizenus, Friedrich (Frederick) Adolph. Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition in 1846 and 1847 99. 1848.
  6. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
  7. Holmgren, N. H., P. K. Holmgren & A.J. Cronquist. 2005. Vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. 2(B): 1–488. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
  8. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  9. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.


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