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Chylismia brevipes subsp. brevipes

Chylismia brevipes subsp. pallidula
Photo is of parent taxon

golden suncup
Photo is of parent taxon

pale sun cup
Habit Herbs stout, somewhat succulent, usually unbranched distally, usually densely villous, usually also strigillose. Herbs slender, usually branched distally, usually strigillose, sometimes also villous proximally.
Flowers

buds not individually reflexed, with subapical free tips 1–2 mm;

floral tube yellow inside, 4–8 mm;

petals usually without red dots at base, fading yellow to orange, 6–18 mm;

anthers 4–6 mm.

buds not individually reflexed, without free tips or with apical free tips less than 1 mm;

floral tube yellow inside, 4–5 mm;

petals often with red dots near base, fading yellow to orange, 7–12 mm;

anthers 4–6 mm.
Capsules

20–92 mm;

pedicel 5–20 mm.

20–42 mm;

pedicel 2–10 mm.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Chylismia brevipes subsp. brevipes

Chylismia brevipes subsp. pallidula
Phenology Flowering Feb–May. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Hillsides, alluvial fans, sandy slopes. Dry flats, desert pavement, with Ambrosia dumosa and Larrea.
Elevation -70–2100 m. (-200–6900 ft.) 70–1100 m. (200–3600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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Discussion

Subspecies brevipes occurs in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts from southern Esmeralda County, Nevada, and southwestern Washington County, Utah, south to northern Yuma County, Arizona, and northern Imperial County, California. It intergrades with subsp. pallidula and hybridizes with Chylismia claviformis subspp. claviformis and integrior, as well as C. multijuga and C. munzii.

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

Subspecies pallidula occurs in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts from Washington County, Utah, to southeastern Inyo County, California, south to Riverside County, California, Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada. It hybridizes with Chylismia claviformis subspp. aurantiaca and peeblesii, as well as with C. multijuga.

(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 > Chylismia brevipes Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia > Chylismia brevipes
Sibling taxa
C. brevipes subsp. arizonica, C. brevipes subsp. pallidula
C. brevipes subsp. arizonica, C. brevipes subsp. brevipes
Synonyms Oenothera divaricata Oenothera brevipes var. pallidula, Camissonia brevipes subsp. pallidula, O. brevipes subsp. pallidula, O. pallidula
Name authority unknown (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007)
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