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hairy sun cup

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

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
from FNA
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.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissonia
Sibling taxa
C. benitensis, C. campestris, C. contorta, C. integrifolia, C. kernensis, C. lacustris, C. parvula, C. pusilla, C. sierrae, C. strigulosa
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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