Camissoniopsis micrantha |
Camissoniopsis confusa |
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miniature suncup, Spencer primrose |
San Bernardino sun cup |
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Habit | Herbs annual, densely villous, more densely so distally, also rarely glandular puberulent distally. | Herbs annual, densely villous, often also strigillose, at least sparsely villous and glandular puberulent on stems distally and on inflorescences. |
Stems | arising from base, usually decumbent, rarely with 1 erect, 15–60 cm. |
erect, with multiple branches, rarely with 1 stem, to 70 cm. |
Leaves | 1–12 × 0.2–1.7 cm; petiole 0–2 cm, distal ones 0–0.5 cm; blade (basal) narrowly elliptic, (cauline) narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, base (basal) narrowly cuneate, (cauline) rounded, margins denticulate, apex acute. |
1–6 × 0.4–2 cm; petiole 0–3 cm, distal ones sessile; blade lanceolate or narrowly ovate, base round or truncate, margins sparsely denticulate, apex long-acuminate. |
Flowers | opening near sunrise; floral tube 1.2–2 mm; sepals 1–2.2(–2.5) mm; petals yellow, sometimes with 1 or 2 red dots near base, 1.5–3.5(–4.5) mm; episepalous filaments 0.8–1.5 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.5–0.8(–1) mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm, less than 5% of pollen grains 4- or 5-pored; style 2–3.5 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. |
opening near sunrise; floral tube (1.8–)2–3.8 mm; sepals (1.5–)3.2–8.5 mm; petals yellow, usually with 1 or 2 red dots basally, (2.5–)5–10.5 mm; episepalous filaments (1.2–)2.5–4.5 mm, epipetalous filaments (0.8–)1.5–2.5 mm, anthers (0.4–)0.8–1.5 mm, less than 5% of pollen grains 4- or 5-pored; style (2.5–)4.5–7.5 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. |
Capsules | straight or curved, equal to or slightly more than 1 complete spiral, subterete in living material, 4-angled when dry, 13–20(–25) × 1.1–1.2(–1.8) mm. |
straight or 1–2-coiled spiral, subterete in living material, 4-angled when dry, 13–23 × 0.9–1.2 mm. |
Seeds | 0.7–1.1 mm. |
0.7–1.1 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Camissoniopsis micrantha |
Camissoniopsis confusa |
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Phenology | Flowering (Jan–)Mar–Jun(–Sep). | Flowering Mar–Jun(–Jul). |
Habitat | Coastal strand, coastal sage scrub, chaparral. | Dry inland slopes, chaparral. |
Elevation | 0–300(–800) m. (0–1000(–2600) ft.) | 300–2000 m. (1000–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CA
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Discussion | Camissoniopsis micrantha occurs from the vicinity of Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, near Lower Lake, Lake County, and near Rio Vista, Sacramento County, south in the Coast Ranges to the Los Angeles Basin and the northern edge of San Diego County; also on San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Santa Catalina islands. The species was introduced, apparently on ballast heaps, at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Macoun s.n. in 1893, NMC). It has apparently not persisted in this area. P. H. Raven (1969) determined C. micrantha to be self-compatible and primarily autogamous. Excluded populations are now recognized as C. hirtella, C. ignota, C. lewisii, and C. pallida. Oenothera hirta Link (1821), not Linnaeus (1759), is an illegitimate name that pertains to Camissoniopsis micrantha. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Camissoniopsis confusa occurs in California from the La Panza Range of central San Luis Obispo County south through the Coast Ranges to the San Bernardino Mountains and southern San Diego County; also in central Arizona (westernmost Gila, Maricopa, and northern Pinal counties). P. H. Raven (1969) determined C. confusa to be self-compatible and primarily autogamous. The species apparently is a tetraploid derived via hybridization between two diploid (2n = 14) species, C. hirtella and C. pallida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissoniopsis | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissoniopsis |
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Synonyms | Oenothera micrantha, Camissonia micrantha, Holostigma micranthum, S. micranthum | Camissonia confusa |
Name authority | (Hornemmann ex Sprengel) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 205. (2007) | (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 204. (2007) |
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