Camissoniopsis guadalupensis subsp. clementiana |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun(–Sep). |
Habitat | Sandy flats, dunes. |
Elevation | 0–60 m. (0–200 ft.) |
Distribution |
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. |
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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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