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redclay suncup

Habit Herbs annual, succulent, glabrous, glandular puberulent, or villous proximally. Herbs annual, sparsely to densely villous throughout or, sometimes, glabrate distally.
Stems

unbranched or branched from base, 3–30 cm.

often intricately branched, 5–80 cm.

Leaves

primarily in basal rosette and also cauline;

petiole 0.5–8 cm;

blade usually not pinnately lobed or, if so, then lateral lobes greatly reduced, terminal lobe oblanceolate to cordate, 0.8–7.5 × 0.4–3 cm, margins entire or sparsely denticulate, pale brown oil cells lining veins abaxially.

in poorly defined basal rosette and also cauline;

petiole 0.3–3.8 cm;

blade usually unlobed, very rarely pinnately lobed with few, small lateral lobes, ovate to elliptic, margins sparsely denticulate to subentire, pale or dark brown oil cells lining veins abaxially.

Racemes

nodding, elongating after anthesis.

nodding, with intricate, filiform branches, elongating in fruit.

Flowers

opening at sunrise;

buds without subapical free tips;

floral tube 2–4.5 mm, villous inside proximally;

sepals 3–8 mm;

petals bright yellow, with red dots near base, fading pale yellow or yellowish orange, 5.5–9 mm;

stamens unequal, filaments of antisepalous stamens 3–8 mm, those of antipetalous ones 2.8–5.5 mm, anthers 2–4 mm, ciliate;

style 10–17 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

opening at sunrise;

buds without free tips;

floral tube 0.5–2 mm, glabrous or villous inside;

sepals 1.5–4 mm;

petals bright yellow, often with red dots near base, fading pale yellow or yellowish orange, 2–7 mm;

stamens unequal, filaments of antisepalous stamens 1.7–3.5 mm, those of antipetalous ones 1.2–2.5 mm, anthers 0.9–1.2 mm, glabrous;

style 4–9 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

Capsules

erect, spreading, or slightly reflexed, clavate, 18–40 mm;

pedicel 4–28 mm.

erect or ascending, clavate, 4–10 mm;

pedicel 4–20 mm.

Seeds

1.2–1.7 mm.

0.7–1.2 mm.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Chylismia eastwoodiae

Chylismia parryi

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering May–Jun(–Sep).
Habitat Clay flats, on gray, alkaline, marine-deposited gumbo, sandy draws. Red clay and sand slopes weathered from red (freshwater-deposited) sandstone cliffs, with Juniperus or Larrea tridentata.
Elevation 1200–1800 m. (3900–5900 ft.) 800–1300 m. (2600–4300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; UT
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from FNA
AZ; UT
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Discussion

Chylismia eastwoodiae is known from Mesa County, Colorado, and from Emery County south to San Juan County, Utah. P. H. Raven (1962, 1969) suspected this species to be self-incompatible, but did not have data to make the determination.

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

Chylismia parryi is known from northwestern Arizona (Coconino to Mohave counties) and southwestern Utah (Beaver to Washington counties), and is apparently disjunct to San Juan County, Utah. It is outcrossing and, perhaps, self-incompatible (P. H. Raven 1962, 1969). There are two morphological forms of this species. Raven (1962) noted that a later flowering form has narrower, smaller leaves, and less overall pubescence. It is not clear what these represent, but Raven (1962) made the combination Oenothera parryi forma tenuissima (M. E. Jones) P. H. Raven for it. He later (Raven 1969) noted that these plants did not seem to merit formal recognition, without any discussion.

(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 Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia
Sibling taxa
C. arenaria, C. atwoodii, C. brevipes, C. cardiophylla, C. claviformis, C. confertiflora, C. exilis, C. heterochroma, C. megalantha, C. multijuga, C. munzii, C. parryi, C. scapoidea, C. specicola, C. walkeri
C. arenaria, C. atwoodii, C. brevipes, C. cardiophylla, C. claviformis, C. confertiflora, C. eastwoodiae, C. exilis, C. heterochroma, C. megalantha, C. multijuga, C. munzii, C. scapoidea, C. specicola, C. walkeri
Synonyms Oenothera scapoidea var. eastwoodiae, Camissonia eastwoodiae, O. eastwoodiae Oenothera parryi, Camissonia parryi, C. tenuissima, O. scapoidea var. parryi, O. tenuissima
Name authority (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007) (S. Watson) Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 193. (1896) — (as Chylisma)
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