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Habit Herbs annual, subsucculent and heavy-set, densely villous, also glandular puberulent distally.
Stems

erect, with branches usually arising near base, 2–18(–35) cm.

Leaves

1.2–3.8(–9.5) × 0.5–1.2(–1.8) cm;

petiole 0–3 cm;

blade (basal and proximal cauline) narrowly elliptic, (cauline) narrowly ovate, base attenuate, margins sparsely and inconspicuously denticulate, apex (basal) acute, (cauline) obtuse, rounded, or truncate.

Flowers

opening near sunrise;

floral tube 1.6–2.4 mm;

sepals 1.9–3.2 mm;

petals yellow, each with 1 red dot near base, 2.8–4.2 mm; episepalous filaments 1.3–2.3 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.4–1.6 mm, anthers 0.4–0.8 mm, less than 5% of pollen grains 4- or 5-pored;

style 3.2–4.5 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis.

Capsules

stout, straight or slightly curved outward, 4-angled, 10–18 × 2.8–3.5 mm, deeply grooved along lines of dehiscence.

Seeds

0.7–0.9 mm.

2n

= 14.

Camissoniopsis guadalupensis subsp. clementiana

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun(–Sep).
Habitat Sandy flats, dunes.
Elevation 0–60 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
Discussion

Subspecies clementiana is restricted to San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, where it is common on dunes around the north end and down the west shore, perhaps to the south end.

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

Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissoniopsis > Camissoniopsis guadalupensis
Synonyms Oenothera guadalupensis subsp. clementina, Camissonia guadalupensis subsp. clementina
Name authority (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 204. (2007)
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