Chorizanthe leptotheca |
Chorizanthe wheeleri |
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Peninsular spineflower, Ramona spineflower |
Santa Barbara spineflower, Wheeler's spineflower |
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Habit | Plants erect to spreading, 0.5–3(–3.5) × 0.5–3(–5) dm, thinly pubescent. | Plants erect to spreading, 0.5–2(–2.5) × 1–2 dm, thinly pubescent. |
Leaves | basal; petiole 1–3(–4) cm; blade oblong to oblong-ovate, 0.5–2(–3) × 0.3–0.5(–0.7) cm, thinly pubescent adaxially, usually densely tomentose adaxially. |
basal; petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade elliptic to oblong, 0.5–2 × 0.2–0.6 cm, thinly pubescent adaxially, tomentose abaxially. |
Inflorescences | mostly flat-topped and openly branched, usually reddish; bracts soon deciduous, 2, occasionally leaflike at proximal nodes and similar to proximal leaf blades only more reduced, short-petiolate, ovate, 0.3–0.4 cm × 2–3 mm, otherwise sessile, linear and acicular, often acerose, 0.1–0.3 cm × 0.7–1 mm, awns straight, 0.5–1 mm. |
mostly flat-topped, openly branched, greenish to reddish; bracts persistent, 2, usually leaflike at proximal nodes and similar to leaf blades, short-petiolate, oblong, 0.5–1.2 cm × 2–4 mm, sessile, reduced and scalelike at distal nodes, linear, acicular, often acerose, 0.1–0.5 cm × 0.5–1 mm, awns straight, 0.5–1 mm. |
Involucres | in congested clusters with 1 at node of dichotomies, reddish, cylindric, not ventricose, 3–4 mm, not corrugate, without scarious or membranous margins, thinly pubescent; teeth spreading, unequal, 0.7–1.5 mm with longer of 3 longest ones more erect than 3 other shorter and less-prominent ones, awns uncinate, 0.5–1 mm. |
in dense terminal clusters with 1 at node of dichotomies, reddish, cylindric, not ventricose, 2–2.5 mm, corrugate, without scarious or membranous margins, thinly pubescent with stoutish, recurved hairs; teeth spreading, unequal, 0.3–0.8(–1) mm, with 3 longer ones more erect than 3 shorter and less-prominent ones; awns uncinate, 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Flowers | long-exserted; perianth rose to red, infrequently with white lobes, cylindric, 4.5–6 mm, pubescent; tepals connate ca. 1/2 their length, dimorphic or sometimes monomorphic, narrowly oblanceolate, apex rounded, those of outer whorl slightly broader and occasionally longer than those of inner whorl; stamens 9, mostly included; filaments distinct, 4–6 mm, glabrous; anthers pink to red, ovate to oblong, 0.5–0.6 mm. |
exserted; perianth white or rose or red with white lobes, cylindric, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous except for few scattered hairs ca. midlength along midrib abaxially; tepals connate 1/2 their length, monomorphic to slightly dimorphic, oblong, rounded apically, those of outer whorl usually slightly broader and longer than those of inner whorl; stamens 6, included; filaments distinct, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; anthers pink to red, oblong, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
Achenes | brown, lenticular, 3–4 mm. |
brown, lenticular, 2.5–3 mm. |
2n | = 38. |
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Chorizanthe leptotheca |
Chorizanthe wheeleri |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, grassland and chaparral communities, pine-oak woodlands | Gravelly to rocky slopes, coastal scrub communities |
Elevation | (300-)600-1600(-1900) m ((1000-)2000-5200(-6200) ft) | 0-400(-600) m (0-1300(-2000) ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA
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Discussion | Chorizanthe leptotheca is found in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County southward along the eastern edge of the Santa Ana Mountains, and through the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa mountains of Riverside County into the mountains of central San Diego County. The species is also found in north-central Baja California. Ramona spineflower is clearly related to Chorizanthe staticoides, but that species occurs to the west of the range of C. leptotheca and the two are not known to be sympatric. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Chorizanthe wheeleri is a rare insular endemic known only from Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 5, p. 463. | FNA vol. 5, p. 464. |
Parent taxa | Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Chorizanthe > subg. Amphietes > sect. Ptelosepala | Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Chorizanthe > subg. Amphietes > sect. Ptelosepala |
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Synonyms | C. insularis | |
Name authority | Goodman: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 61. (1934) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 272. (1877) |
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