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Camissoniopsis robusta

Camissoniopsis luciae

robust subcup, robust suncup

Santa Lucia sun cup
Habit Herbs annual, villous, usually also glandular puberulent distally. Herbs annual, villous throughout.
Stems

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

erect or ascending, 20–50 cm.
Leaves

1–8 × 1.5–2 cm;

subsessile;

blade narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, base cuneate to truncate, basal often attenuate, margins denticulate, apex acute.

1.3–5.5 × 1.2–2.5 cm;

sessile;

blade lanceolate to narrowly oblong, base rounded or truncate, sometimes cuneate, margins sparsely denticulate, apex acuminate to, sometimes, rounded.
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 2–3 mm;

sepals 2.5–4.5 mm;

petals yellow, with 1 red dot basally, 4–7 mm, sometimes with a tooth arising from emarginate apex; episepalous filaments 4-pored;

s2–6 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.8–1.6 mm, anthers 0.4–1 mm, 25–60% of pollen grains tyle 3–6 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis.
Capsules

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

straight or 1.5–2+-coiled spiral, subterete in living material, obscurely 4-angled when dry, 15–20 × 1.3–2 mm.
Seeds

0.9–1.2 mm.

1.3–1.5 mm.
2n

= 42.

= 42.

Camissoniopsis robusta

Camissoniopsis luciae
Phenology Flowering (Jan–)Mar–Jun(–Sep). Flowering Apr–May(–Jul).
Habitat Coastal sage, chaparral, disturbed or open places. Openings in chaparral.
Elevation 0–600(–800) m. (0–2000(–2600) ft.) 300–1400 m. (1000–4600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
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 luciae is known from the Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey County, and scattered southward to San Benito, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties. P. H. Raven (1969) determined C. luciae to be self-compatible and primarily autogamous. The species is a hexaploid that parallels the widespread diploid C. hirtella in the variable notching of its petals. Presumably, it has been derived from the tetraploid C. intermedia (2n = 28) and the diploid C. hirtella (2n = 14), but it is rather easily separated from both by the absence of glandular hairs in the inflorescence, relatively large flowers, and pollen characteristics.

(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. confusa, C. guadalupensis, C. hardhamiae, C. hirtella, C. ignota, C. intermedia, C. lewisii, C. micrantha, C. pallida, C. robusta
Synonyms Camissonia robusta Camissonia luciae
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: 205. (2007)
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