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Peirson's clavate fruit primrose

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browneyes, clavate fruit primrose

Habit Herbs villous, at least proximally, rarely strigillose or glandular puberulent. Herbs strigillose proximally, usually also glandular puberulent distally, or glabrate.
Stems

5–60 cm.

6–70 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 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 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, 3–6 mm;

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

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Chylismia claviformis subsp. peirsonii

Chylismia claviformis subsp. integrior

Phenology Flowering Feb–Apr. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Sandy flats or washes, with Ambrosia dumosa, Fouquieria splendens, and Larrea. Dry flats, with Artemisia tridentata, Ericameria, or Juniperus, on banks and flats.
Elevation -70–400 m. (-200–1300 ft.) 1100–2200 m. (3600–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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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 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. 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. 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 var. peirsonii, Camissonia claviformis subsp. peirsonii, C. peirsonii, O. claviformis subsp. peirsonii Oenothera claviformis subsp. integrior, Camissonia claviformis subsp. integrior, C. claviformis var. purpurascens, O. claviformis var. purpurascens, O. scapoidea var. purpurascens
Name authority (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007) (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007)
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