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robust subcup, robust suncup

San Bernardino sun cup

Habit Herbs annual, villous, usually also glandular puberulent distally. Herbs annual, densely villous, often also strigillose, at least sparsely villous and glandular puberulent on stems distally and on inflorescences.
Stems

erect, with 1 or more ascending branches from base, to 60 cm.

erect, with multiple branches, rarely with 1 stem, to 70 cm.

Leaves

1–8 × 1.5–2 cm;

subsessile;

blade narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, base cuneate to truncate, basal often attenuate, 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 1.8–3.7 mm;

sepals 2.6–4.2 mm;

petals yellow, usually with 1 or 2 red dots basally, 3.2–7 mm; episepalous filaments 1.8–3 mm, epipetalous filaments 1–1.5 mm, anthers 0.8–3 mm, 70–100% of pollen grains 4-pored;

style 3–6.2 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

usually 1-coiled spiral, 4-angled, 14–25 × 1.5–2 mm.

straight or 1–2-coiled spiral, subterete in living material, 4-angled when dry, 13–23 × 0.9–1.2 mm.

Seeds

0.9–1.2 mm.

0.7–1.1 mm.

2n

= 42.

= 14.

Camissoniopsis robusta

Camissoniopsis confusa

Phenology Flowering (Jan–)Mar–Jun(–Sep). Flowering Mar–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat Coastal sage, chaparral, disturbed or open places. Dry inland slopes, chaparral.
Elevation 0–600(–800) m. (0–2000(–2600) ft.) 300–2000 m. (1000–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
AZ; CA
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Discussion

Camissoniopsis robusta occurs in coastal San Diego County, California, and coastal northwestern Baja California, south to the vicinity of El Rosario; also on Guadalupe, San Clemente, Santa Catalina, and Santa Cruz (rare) islands. P. H. Raven (1969) determined C. robusta to be self-compatible and primarily autogamous. Based on the intermediate morphology of this hexaploid, Raven suggested that it was derived from two species with which it occurs nearly throughout its rather limited range, the tetraploid C. intermedia (2n = 28) and the diploid C. lewisii (2n = 14).

(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
Sibling taxa
C. bistorta, C. cheiranthifolia, C. confusa, C. guadalupensis, C. hardhamiae, C. hirtella, C. ignota, C. intermedia, C. lewisii, C. luciae, C. micrantha, C. pallida
C. bistorta, C. cheiranthifolia, C. guadalupensis, C. hardhamiae, C. hirtella, C. ignota, C. intermedia, C. lewisii, C. luciae, C. micrantha, C. pallida, C. robusta
Synonyms Camissonia robusta Camissonia confusa
Name authority (P. H. Raven) 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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