Comprehensive Description
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Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schlecht.) Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 24: 48, exclusive of specimens cited from Arizona and Chile. 1897.
Cranlzia Schaffneriana Schlecht. Linnaea 26: 370. 1854.
Cranlzia Schaffneriana f. aquatica Schlecht. Linnaea 26: 371. 1854.
Cranlzia Schaffneriana f. subterreslris Schlecht. Linnaea 26: 371. 1854.
Cranlzia lineala sensu Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 1: 569, as to Mexican specimens. 1881. Not
C. lineala Nutt. 1818. Cranlziola Schaffneriana K.-Pol. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. II. 29: 125. 1916. Lilaeopsis Schaffneriana var. aquatica A. W. Hill. Jour. Linn. Soc. 47: 539. 1927. Lilaeopsis Schaffneriana var. subterrestris A. W. Hill, Jour. Linn. Soc. 47: 539. 1927.
Leaves linear, terete, 2-20 cm. long, 0.5-4 mm. broad; peduncles slender, 1-3 cm. long, shorter than the leaves; umbels 5-8-flowered; pedicels very slender, spreading to ascending, 2-10 mm. long; fruit orbicular, 1.5-2 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, all the ribs rounded.
Type locality: "In lacu (laguna) ad urbem Mexico," Schaffner.
Distribution: Nuevo Le6n, San Luis Potosi, and Jalisco to South America (Parry &» Palmer 287,
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Lilaeopsis schaffneriana: Brief Summary
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Lilaeopsis schaffneriana is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Schaffner's grasswort and cienega false rush.
Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. schaffneriana is found in
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, and
Mexico (in the
Federal District and the following
states:
Chihuahua,
Coahuila,
Durango,
Hidalgo,
Jalisco,
México,
Michoacán,
Nuevo León,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
San Luis Potosí, and
Tlaxcala). Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. recurva (Huachuca water umbel), is a federally listed
endangered species (status
G4T2, imperiled) of the United States. It is limited to
desert wetlands, including a rare type of desert
marsh habitat called a
cienega. There are 8 populations in
Arizona and four more south of the border in Mexico.
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