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Chylismia claviformis subsp. aurantiaca

Chylismia claviformis subsp. lancifolia
Photo is of parent taxon

pinnate leaf primrose
Photo is of parent taxon

clavate fruit primrose
Habit Herbs strigillose, especially proximally, sometimes glabrate distally. Herbs strigillose proximally, glabrous and often glaucous distally.
Stems

5–50 cm.

5–60 cm.
Leaves

blade sometimes purple-dotted, lateral lobes irregular, well developed, terminal lobe narrowly ovate, to 3 × 1.5 cm, margins irregularly sinuate-dentate.

blade lateral lobes usually poorly developed or absent, terminal lobe lanceolate, to 5 × 2.8 cm, margins irregularly serrate-dentate.
Flowers

opening at sunset;

buds usually without free tips, rarely with apical free tips less than 1 mm;

floral tube orange-brown inside, 3–5 mm;

petals white, rarely purple-dotted at base, often fading purple, rarely orange, 2.5–8 mm.

usually opening at sunset;

buds usually without free tips, sometimes with apical free tips less than 1 mm;

floral tube orange-brown inside, 3.5–6 mm;

petals bright yellow, sometimes red-dotted in proximal 1/2, fading pale orange, 3.5–7 mm.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Chylismia claviformis subsp. aurantiaca

Chylismia claviformis subsp. lancifolia
Phenology Flowering (Dec–)Feb–Jun. Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Sandy flats, washes, with Ambrosia dumosa, Fouquieria splendens, and Larrea. Sandy slopes and flats, often with Artemisia tridentata or Ericameria.
Elevation -70–1100 m. (-200–3600 ft.) 600–1700(–1900) m. (2000–5600(–6200) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Subspecies aurantiaca is known from Lincoln County, Nevada, south through southeastern California to northeasternmost Baja California, and in Arizona only in westernmost Mohave and Yuma counties. It intergrades extensively with subspp. peirsonii and yumae, and those with white petals (subspp. claviformis, funerea, integrior, and peeblesii); it sometimes hybridizes with Chylismia brevipes subspp. brevipes and pallidula, and with C. munzii.

The name Oenothera scapoidea var. aurantiaca S. Watson is superfluous because Watson included O. claviformis Torrey & Frémont as a synonym, which is the basionym of O. scapoidea var. claviformis (Torrey & Frémont) S. Watson. Likewise, Chylismia scapoidea (Torrey & A. Gray) Nuttall ex Raimann var. aurantiaca Davidson & Moxley is also an illegitimate name that pertains here.

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

Subspecies lancifolia is known from east of the Sierra Nevada in southern Mono and Inyo counties, California, and adjacent Mineral County, Nevada.

(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 claviformis Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia > Chylismia claviformis
Sibling taxa
C. claviformis subsp. claviformis, C. claviformis subsp. cruciformis, C. claviformis subsp. funerea, C. claviformis subsp. integrior, C. claviformis subsp. lancifolia, C. claviformis subsp. peeblesii, C. claviformis subsp. peirsonii, C. claviformis subsp. rubescens, C. claviformis subsp. yumae
C. claviformis subsp. aurantiaca, C. claviformis subsp. claviformis, C. claviformis subsp. cruciformis, C. claviformis subsp. funerea, C. claviformis subsp. integrior, C. claviformis subsp. peeblesii, C. claviformis subsp. peirsonii, C. claviformis subsp. rubescens, C. claviformis subsp. yumae
Synonyms Oenothera claviformis var. aurantiaca, Camissonia claviformis subsp. aurantiaca, C. claviformis var. aurantiaca, C. aurantiaca, O. claviformis subsp. aurantiaca C. lancifolia, Camissonia claviformis subsp. lancifolia, C. claviformis var. lancifolia, Oenothera claviformis subsp. lancifolia
Name authority (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007) (A. Heller) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007)
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