Chylismia megalantha |
Chylismia exilis |
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Habit | Herbs annual, glandular pubescent throughout. | Herbs annual, glandular puberulent and sparsely villous. |
Stems | several, 10–200 cm. |
slender, unbranched or branched, 10–20 cm. |
Leaves | in poorly defined basal rosette and cauline; petiole 1.8–5.5 cm; blade unlobed, broadly cordate to ovate, 2.4–8 × 7 cm, margins sinuate-dentate, yellowish oil cells prominently lining veins abaxially. |
primarily cauline; petiole 0.3–1.8 cm; blade unlobed, narrowly ovate to elliptic, 0.3–2 × 0.3–1 cm, margins entire or inconspicuously denticulate, brownish oil cells lining veins abaxially. |
Racemes | erect, elongating in flower. |
erect, elongating in fruit. |
Flowers | opening at sunrise; buds without free tips; floral tube 4–9 mm, with matted, villous hairs inside; sepals 4.5–9 mm; petals pale to dark lavender, diffusely purplish-flecked near base, white at very base, fading darker lavender, 9–14 mm; stamens unequal, filaments of antisepalous stamens 6–12 mm, of antipetalous ones 3.5–8 mm, anthers 2 mm, glabrous; style 14–22.5 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis. |
opening at sunrise; buds without free tips; floral tube 0.4–0.5 mm, glabrous inside; sepals 1–1.2 mm; petals yellow, fading pale lavender, 1–1.5 mm; stamens 4 (or 8), antisepalous, filaments 0.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous, when 8, then antipetalous ones smaller and abortive; style 1.5 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. |
Capsules | erect or ascending, clavate, 8–14 mm; pedicel 2–3.5 mm. |
spreading or reflexed, clavate, 4–10 mm; pedicel 3–9 mm. |
Seeds | 1–1.3 mm. |
0.8 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Chylismia megalantha |
Chylismia exilis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Oct. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Rubble derived from volcanic tuff, partly on moist soil along springs. | Calcareous sand, gypseous clay flats, juniper woodlands. |
Elevation | 1200–1400 m. (3900–4600 ft.) | 1000–1900 m. (3300–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
NV |
AZ; UT |
Discussion | Chylismia megalantha is known from around Frenchman Drainage to French Peak and Skull Mountain in southern Nye County. P. H. Raven (1962, 1969) determined this species to be self-compatible, but outcrossing. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Chylismia exilis, known from Kane and San Juan counties in Utah and northern Coconino and Mohave counties in Arizona, is cryptic due to its small size. It may not be as rare as assumed, since it is difficult to spot in the field. P. H. Raven (1962, 1969) determined this species to be self-compatible and autogamous. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | Oenothera heterochromas. var. megalantha, Camissonia megalantha, O. megalantha | Oenothera exilis, Camissonia exilis |
Name authority | (Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007) | (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 207. (2007) |
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