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browneyes, cross-flower evening primrose, cruciform evening-primrose

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

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
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Sonora)
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from FNA
CA; ID; NV; OR
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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.
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. peirsonii, C. claviformis subsp. yumae
C. claviformis subsp. aurantiaca, C. claviformis subsp. claviformis, 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 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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