Chylismia claviformis subsp. rubescens |
Chylismia claviformis subsp. cruciformis |
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browneyes, cross-flower evening primrose, cruciform evening-primrose |
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Habit | Herbs villous, at least proximally, also glandular puberulent. | Herbs strigillose or glandular puberulent proximally, glandular puberulent or glabrous distally. |
Stems | 5–40 cm. |
3–55 cm. |
Leaves | blade lateral lobes poorly developed, small or absent, terminal lobe lanceolate, to 4 × 2 cm, margins irregularly dentate. |
blade lateral lobes well developed, few to numerous, terminal lobe narrowly ovate to subcordate, to 8 × to 4 cm, margins serrate-dentate. |
Flowers | opening at sunset; buds with conspicuous, subapical free tips; floral tube orange-brown inside, 3.5–5 mm; petals yellow, fading brick red, 3–5 mm. |
opening at sunrise; buds without free tips, sometimes with apical free tips less than 1 mm; floral tube yellow or orange-brown inside, 2–6.5 mm; petals bright yellow, sometimes red-dotted in proximal 1/2, often fading purple, 2.5–8 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Chylismia claviformis subsp. rubescens |
Chylismia claviformis subsp. cruciformis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Sandy flats, with Ambrosia dumosa, Carnegiea gigantea, and Larrea. | Sandy or clay flats and slopes, with Artemisia tridentata, Ericameria, Grayia spinosa, or Purshia tridentata. |
Elevation | 60–400 m. (200–1300 ft.) | 600–1500 m. (2000–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Sonora) |
CA; ID; NV; OR |
Discussion | Subspecies rubescens is known from western Maricopa, eastern Pima, and southeastern Yuma counties, Arizona, and northwestern Sonora. It intergrades with subsp. peeblesii and hybridizes with Chylismia brevipes subsp. arizonica. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies cruciformis is known from Lassen County, California, western Canyon and Owyhee counties, Idaho, Harney, Lake, and Malheur counties, Oregon, and central and southern Washoe County, Nevada. It intergrades with subsp. integrior. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | Oenothera claviformis subsp. rubescens, Camissonia claviformis subsp. rubescens | Oenothera cruciformis, Camissonia claviformis subsp. cruciformis, C. claviformis var. cruciformis, Chylisma cruciformis, C. scapoidea var. cruciformis, O. claviformis subsp. citrina, O. claviformis subsp. cruciformis, O. claviformis var. cruciformis |
Name authority | (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007) | (Kellogg) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. (2007) |
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