Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Frullania wrightii has galeate (helmet-shaped) lobules that are large, about 1/3 to 1/2 the width of the main lobe.
The underleaves are similarly large, about twice the width of the stem. The underleaves are shallowly notched at the apex (and apparently usually toothed, but not in this specimen). There
is a lanceolate to subulate stylus present between the lobule and the stem-- the underleaves have to be removed to see them. The perianth has 4-5 keels.
Many thanks to the Missouri Botanical Garden and John Atwood for all their help and loaning this specimen for photography.
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Frullania wrightii, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, undersurface, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, undersurface, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, underleaf, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, underleaf, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, underleaves removed revealing styli, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, underleaves removed revealing styli (arrows), collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
Frullania wrightii, perianth, collection John C. Brinda (with Russell Kleinman), New Mexico, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District, along Meadow Creek about 1 km NW of the end of FR 149 on igneous rock, August 5, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 10, 2023
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