Camissoniopsis pallida |
Camissoniopsis pallida subsp. hallii |
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pale yellow sun cup |
Hall's sun cup |
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Habit | Herbs annual, appearing conspicuously grayish, densely strigillose, sometimes also glandular puberulent distally. | |||||
Stems | usually with decumbent lateral branches from basal rosette, 5–60 cm. |
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Leaves | 1–5(–11) × 0.2–0.7(–1.4) cm; petiole 0–0.2(–0.4) cm, distal ones sessile; blade lanceolate to narrowly ovate, base often cuneate to truncate, sometimes attenuate, margins sparsely denticulate, apex acute to obtuse. |
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Flowers | opening near sunrise; floral tube 1–4.2 mm; sepals (1.5–)2.5–8 mm; petals yellow, sometimes with 1–3 red dots basally, (2–)3.5–13 mm; episepalous filaments (0.5–)1.5–6.5 mm, epipetalous filaments (0.2–)0.5–3.8 mm, anthers (0.4–)0.8–2.2 mm, less than 5% of pollen grains 4- or 5-pored; style (2.1–)3–10.5 mm, stigma surrounded by at least anthers of longer stamens, often by both sets, at anthesis. |
floral tube 3.8–4.2 mm; sepals 4.8–8 mm; petals with 1–3 red dots basally, 6.5–13 mm; episepalous filaments 3–6.5 mm, epipetalous filaments 1.8–3.8 mm, anthers 1.5–2.2 mm; style 6.5–10.5 mm. |
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Capsules | usually 1–3-coiled spiral, subterete in living material, 4-angled when dry, 13–24 × 0.7–1.2 mm. |
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Seeds | 1–1.5 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Camissoniopsis pallida |
Camissoniopsis pallida subsp. hallii |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May(–Jun). | |||||
Habitat | Sandy washes. | |||||
Elevation | 30–1400 m. (100–4600 ft.) | |||||
Distribution | w United States; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). P. H. Raven (1969) determined Camissoniopsis pallida to be self-compatible and primarily autogamous. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies hallii occurs in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, from Banning east throughout the Little San Bernardino Mountains and their northern slopes and southeast to the vicinity of Mecca and Box Canyon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. | ||||
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissoniopsis | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissoniopsis > Camissoniopsis pallida | ||||
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Synonyms | Sphaerostigma pallidum, Camissonia pallida, Oenothera abramsii, O. micrantha var. abramsii | Sphaerostigma hallii, Camissonia pallida subsp. hallii, Oenothera bistorta var. hallii, O. hallii | ||||
Name authority | (Abrams) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 205. (2007) | (Davidson) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 204. (2007) | ||||
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