Camissonia pubens |
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hairy sun cup |
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Habit | Herbs moderately to densely villous throughout, also glandular puberulent, especially distally. |
Stems | erect, moderately robust, often branched at base, 5–20(–38) cm. |
Leaves | proximalmost usually clustered near base; blade narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–3(–4.5) × 0.2–0.6 cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins undulate-serrate, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | opening near sunrise; floral tube 1.3–3 mm, usually pubescent on proximal 1/2 inside; sepals 2.2–3.8 mm, reflexed separately; petals (2.2–)3–4 mm, each with 1–several red dots basally; filaments 0.5–1 mm, anthers 0.4–0.5 mm, pollen with less than 5% of grains 4- or 5-pored; style 3.2–4.1 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. |
Capsules | (18–)26–50 × 0.8–1.2 mm; pedicel 0–2 mm. |
Seeds | 1–1.1 × 0.4 mm. |
2n | = 28. |
Camissonia pubens |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy soil on open or brushy slopes and flats, usually sagebrush scrub or pinyon-juniper woodlands. |
Elevation | 900–3000 m. (3000–9800 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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Discussion | Camissonia pubens occurs in eastern California and west-central Nevada. P. H. Raven (1969) determined that Camissonia pubens is self-compatible and autogamous. The species is closely related to C. kernensis, C. parvula, andC. pusilla. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | Oenothera strigulosa var. pubens, C. contorta var. pubens, O. pubens, Sphaerostigma contortum var. pubens, S. orthocarpum, S. pubens |
Name authority | (S. Watson) P. H. Raven: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 995. (1983) |
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