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Chylismia claviformis subsp. peirsonii

Chylismia claviformis subsp. aurantiaca
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Peirson's clavate fruit primrose
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pinnate leaf primrose
Habit Herbs villous, at least proximally, rarely strigillose or glandular puberulent. Herbs strigillose, especially proximally, sometimes glabrate distally.
Stems

5–60 cm.

5–50 cm.
Leaves

blade lateral lobes usually well developed, terminal lobe narrowly ovate, to 9 × 3.5 cm, margins irregularly sinuate-dentate.

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

opening at sunset;

buds with conspicuous, subapical free tips;

floral tube orange-brown inside, 2.5–4.5 mm;

petals usually yellow, rarely white, not changing color in fading, 4.5–7 mm.

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.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Chylismia claviformis subsp. peirsonii

Chylismia claviformis subsp. aurantiaca
Phenology Flowering Feb–Apr. Flowering (Dec–)Feb–Jun.
Habitat Sandy flats or washes, with Ambrosia dumosa, Fouquieria splendens, and Larrea. Sandy flats, washes, with Ambrosia dumosa, Fouquieria splendens, and Larrea.
Elevation -70–400 m. (-200–1300 ft.) -70–1100 m. (-200–3600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Subspecies peirsonii is known from east of the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley in Imperial and San Diego counties, California, and in northeastern Baja California to the Gulf of California. It intergrades with subsp. aurantiaca.

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

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.)
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. claviformis, C. claviformis subsp. cruciformis, C. claviformis subsp. funerea, C. claviformis subsp. integrior, C. claviformis subsp. lancifolia, C. claviformis subsp. peeblesii, C. claviformis subsp. rubescens, C. claviformis subsp. yumae
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
Synonyms Oenothera claviformis var. peirsonii, Camissonia claviformis subsp. peirsonii, C. peirsonii, O. claviformis subsp. peirsonii Oenothera claviformis var. aurantiaca, Camissonia claviformis subsp. aurantiaca, C. claviformis var. aurantiaca, C. aurantiaca, O. claviformis subsp. aurantiaca
Name authority (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007) (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007)
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