GOLDEN SELENIA
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Selenia aurea Nutt.
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| Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 2-12 inches |
| Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May |
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| Stems: | | Erect or ascending, simple or branched from base, glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, basal, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic in outline, .8 to 3.6 inches long, deeply pinnately-divided, glabrous; segments 5-29, narrow, linear or narrowly oblong; margins entire or with small basal tooth; basal leaves short-stalked, stem leaves sessile. | | Inflorescences: | | Raceme, to 4 inches long, terminal; flowers subtended by leaf-like bracts. | | Flowers: | | About 1/3 inch broad; stalk ascending, 2/5 to 4/5 inch long, deeply-cut leaf-like bract at base; sepals 4, 1/6 to 1/4 inch long, erect, glabrous, tips pointed; petals 4, oblanceolate to spatulate, 1/3 to 2/5 inch long, yellow, tips notched; stamens 6, subtended by horseshoe-shaped glands at bases. | | Fruits: | | Pod, erect or ascending, thin, flat, oblong or elliptic, 2/5 to 1 inch long, 1/4 to 2/5 inch wide, pointed at both ends; margins entire to somewhat wavy; style stout, 1/5 inch long; seeds 6-12 per fruit, nearly round, flattened, orange, in 2 rows in each compartment. | | Habitat: | | Rocky prairies, waste ground, sandy fields, bluffs, sandstone or chert glades; acidic soils. | | Distribution: | | Southeast 1/4 of Kansas. |
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