Status: Native
Synonyms:
Lescuraea radicosa (Mitt.) Moenk.
Pseudoleskea radicosa is dull green in color and pleurocarpous. The stems are nearly julaceous when dry, and the tips are homomallous with slightly falcate leaves. The leaves are lanceolate, plicate, recurved and have an acute apex. The leaves are serrate only near the apex. The basal cells and alar cells are quadrate to short rectangular, but not elongate as in Lescuraea saxicola which P. radicosa resembles. The costa ends just before the apex and has subtle teeth near the end. Both species usually have abundant foliose paraphyllia. Pseudoleskea radicosa occurs in mixed conifer forest at upper elevation in the Gila. Again, we would like to thank Dr. Kelly Allred for help with this ID.
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Pseudoleskea radicosa (3x macro dry), photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., about 1 mile from Sandy Point on the trail to Hummingbird Saddle, November 7, 2012
Pseudoleskea radicosa, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., about 1 mile from Sandy Point on the trail to Hummingbird Saddle, November 7, 2012
Pseudoleskea radicosa, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., about 1 mile from Sandy Point on the trail to Hummingbird Saddle, November 7, 2012
Pseudoleskea radicosa, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., about 1 mile from Sandy Point on the trail to Hummingbird Saddle, November 7, 2012
Pseudoleskea radicosa, 400x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., about 1 mile from Sandy Point on the trail to Hummingbird Saddle, November 7, 2012
Pseudoleskea radicosa, 200x photomicrograph of stem cross section showing abundant paraphyllia, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., about 1 mile from Sandy Point on the trail to Hummingbird Saddle, November 7, 2012
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