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Habit Herbs annual, glandular puberulent. Herbs annual, succulent, glabrous, glandular puberulent, or villous proximally.
Stems

several, 5–150 cm.

unbranched or branched from base, 3–30 cm.

Leaves

in poorly defined basal rosette and cauline;

petiole 0.7–3.4 cm;

blade unlobed, broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, elliptic, or subcordate, 1.2–7.6 × 0.8–5.5 cm, margins serrulate to serrate-denticulate, brown oil cells prominently lining veins abaxially.

primarily in basal rosette and also cauline;

petiole 0.5–8 cm;

blade usually not pinnately lobed or, if so, then lateral lobes greatly reduced, terminal lobe oblanceolate to cordate, 0.8–7.5 × 0.4–3 cm, margins entire or sparsely denticulate, pale brown oil cells lining veins abaxially.

Racemes

erect, elongating in flower.

nodding, elongating after anthesis.

Flowers

opening at sunrise;

buds without free tips;

floral tube 0.6–1 mm;

sepals 5–7 mm;

petals purple, fading darker purple, 7–14 mm;

stamens 4 + 4, unequal, anthers 1.5–2 mm, glabrous, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

opening at sunrise;

buds without subapical free tips;

floral tube 2–4.5 mm, villous inside proximally;

sepals 3–8 mm;

petals bright yellow, with red dots near base, fading pale yellow or yellowish orange, 5.5–9 mm;

stamens unequal, filaments of antisepalous stamens 3–8 mm, those of antipetalous ones 2.8–5.5 mm, anthers 2–4 mm, ciliate;

style 10–17 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

Capsules

spreading to reflexed, clavate, 11–25 mm;

pedicel 3–5 mm.

erect, spreading, or slightly reflexed, clavate, 18–40 mm;

pedicel 4–28 mm.

Seeds

1.5–1.8 mm.

1.2–1.7 mm.

2n

= 14.

Chylismia atwoodii

Chylismia eastwoodiae

Phenology Flowering Aug–Nov. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Open slopes in desert shrub communities, on clay soil. Clay flats, on gray, alkaline, marine-deposited gumbo, sandy draws.
Elevation 1100–1600 m. (3600–5200 ft.) 1200–1800 m. (3900–5900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
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from FNA
CO; UT
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Discussion

Chylismia atwoodii is known only from eastern Kane County, and only from a few collections, so is still poorly characterized morphologically, but clearly distinct among the purple-petaled species.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Chylismia eastwoodiae is known from Mesa County, Colorado, and from Emery County south to San Juan County, Utah. P. H. Raven (1962, 1969) suspected this species to be self-incompatible, but did not have data to make the determination.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia
Sibling taxa
C. arenaria, C. brevipes, C. cardiophylla, C. claviformis, C. confertiflora, C. eastwoodiae, C. exilis, C. heterochroma, C. megalantha, C. multijuga, C. munzii, C. parryi, C. scapoidea, C. specicola, C. walkeri
C. arenaria, C. atwoodii, C. brevipes, C. cardiophylla, C. claviformis, C. confertiflora, C. exilis, C. heterochroma, C. megalantha, C. multijuga, C. munzii, C. parryi, C. scapoidea, C. specicola, C. walkeri
Synonyms Camissonia atwoodii Oenothera scapoidea var. eastwoodiae, Camissonia eastwoodiae, O. eastwoodiae
Name authority (Cronquist) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 205. (2007) (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007)
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