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Sierra sun cup

Flowers

floral tube 1.3–2.2 mm;

sepals 3–4.2 mm;

petals 4–7 mm, with 2 red dots basally;

style 3–7 mm, stigma surrounded by or slightly elevated beyond anthers at anthesis.

2n

= 14.

Camissonia sierrae subsp. sierrae

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Granite outcrops, Pinus ponderosa forests, upper limits of Pinus sabiniana-Quercus douglasii forests.
Elevation 500–1200 m. (1600–3900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies sierrae is known from the Sierra Nevada foothills of Madera and central Mariposa counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissonia > Camissonia sierrae
Sibling taxa
C. sierrae subsp. alticolaP.
Name authority unknown
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