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Chylismia claviformis subsp. claviformis

Chylismia claviformis subsp. integrior
Photo is of parent taxon

browneyes
Photo is of parent taxon

browneyes, clavate fruit primrose
Habit Herbs glabrous or strigillose proximally, sometimes also glandular puberulent, usually glabrous distally, rarely very sparsely strigillose or glandular puberulent. Herbs strigillose proximally, usually also glandular puberulent distally, or glabrate.
Stems

6–55 cm.

6–70 cm.
Leaves

blade lateral lobes usually well developed, terminal lobe narrowly ovate, to 6 × 3.5 cm, margins irregularly sinuate-dentate.

blade sometimes purple-dotted, lateral lobes often absent, sometimes present but poorly developed, terminal lobe narrowly ovate to ovate or subcordate, to 7 × 3 cm, margins serrate.
Flowers

opening at sunset;

buds with apical free tips less than 1 mm;

floral tube orange-brown inside, 3–5.5 mm;

petals usually white, very rarely pale yellow, sometimes purple-dotted near base, often fading purple, 3.5–8 mm.

opening at sunset;

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

floral tube orange-brown inside, 3–6 mm;

petals white, sometimes purple-dotted near base, fading purple, 4.5–8 mm.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Chylismia claviformis subsp. claviformis

Chylismia claviformis subsp. integrior
Phenology Flowering Mar–May. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Alluvial slopes and flats, with Ambrosia dumosa and Larrea. Dry flats, with Artemisia tridentata, Ericameria, or Juniperus, on banks and flats.
Elevation 800–1700 m. (2600–5600 ft.) 1100–2200 m. (3600–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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Discussion

Subspecies claviformis is known from western Inyo, eastern Kern, northern Los Angeles, western San Bernardino, and northern Riverside counties, almost entirely in the Mojave Desert. It intergrades widely and gradually with subspp. aurantiaca and funerea, and hybridizes with Chylismia brevipes subsp. brevipes.

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

Subspecies integrior is known from southern Harney County, Oregon, southward nearly throughout Nevada to Esmeralda and Lincoln counties and to Mono and northeastern Inyo counties, California, and often forms large colonies on banks and flats in Great Basin Desert. It intergrades with subspp. aurantiaca and cruciformis, and hybridizes with Chylismia brevipes subsp. brevipes.

(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. aurantiaca, 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. lancifolia, C. claviformis subsp. peeblesii, C. claviformis subsp. peirsonii, C. claviformis subsp. rubescens, C. claviformis subsp. yumae
Synonyms Oenothera claviformis subsp. integrior, Camissonia claviformis subsp. integrior, C. claviformis var. purpurascens, O. claviformis var. purpurascens, O. scapoidea var. purpurascens
Name authority unknown (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007)
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