Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Polygalales
        Family: Polygalaceae
          Genus: Rhinotropis
            Species: rimulicola var. rimulicola

Guadalupe Milkwort - Rhinotropis rimulicola var. rimulicola

Guadalupe Milkwort

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Mat-forming perennial herb from a woody base; stems numerous, glabrous, slender, mostly prostrate, branching, 1-5 cm long, green; leaves ovate-elliptic, 1.5-4 mm long, slightly fleshy; flowers 1 or 2, at the ends of branches, rose-purple and white; pedicels at maturity recurved and nodding, 2 mm long; wing petals broadly ovate, 4 mm long and 2.5 mm wide; keel petal, pouch-shaped, 3 mm long, obscurly beaked or beak lacking, greenish yellow; capsule broadly oval, 2 mm long, sparingly covered with short incurved hairs; seeds silvery pubescent, aril forming a glabrous knob on one end. Flowers June through September.

Status

Global Rank: G3T3

State Rank: S2

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 10

Number of Observations: 14

Observation date range: 01-01-1937 to 04-29-1995

External Links

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  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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