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| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. dodecandra (L.) DC. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||
| Family: | Capparidaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus: | Polanisia | ||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Polanisia graveolens Raf. | ||||||||||
| Common Names: | clammyweed redwhisker clammyweed |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||
| Canada: | southern Saskatchewan - southwestern Quebec | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southern Saskatchewan; Maple Creek - Mortlach | ||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Mixed Grassland, Moist Mixed Grassland | ||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | sandy or gravely soils on lakeshores or roadsides | ||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G4 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Clammyweed is threatened because it is rare in the province. It is regionally restricted to two general regions and most local populations are small. | |||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 50 cm | ||||||||||
| Roots: | taproot | ||||||||||
| Stems: | annual, branched, sticky hairy | ||||||||||
| Leaves: | on the stem, alternate, stalked, compound | ||||||||||
| Leaflets: | 3, 1 – 2.5 cm long, 4 – 6 mm wide, elliptic to inversely lance-shaped, sticky-hairy | ||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | bracted, unbranched, elongating in fruit; lower bracts with three leaflets; stalks widely divergent | ||||||||||
| Flowers: | irregular; sepals purple or green; petals < 8 mm long, blunt at tip, yellowish white to pink; gland prominent between petals and stamens, usually orange; stamens 8 – 16, 8 – 10 mm long, unequal length, staggered maturity; style 1 – 4 mm long, persistent in fruit | ||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule, 2 – 3 cm long, 3 – 5 mm wide, glandular hairy, stiffly erect; many reddish brown seeds, minutely wrinkled or with bumps | ||||||||||
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