Chylismia specicola subsp. specicola |
Chylismia specicola |
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Habit | Herbs somewhat woody at base. | Herbs perennial, base sometimes woody, glabrous or sparsely villous proximally. | ||||
Stems | with several divergent branches from base, 10–50 cm. |
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Leaves | blades glabrous. |
primarily in basal rosette and cauline, 3–20 × 0.7–2.5 cm; petiole 0.5–4 cm; blade pinnately or bipinnately lobed, terminal lobe ovate to elliptic, 0.4–2.5 × 0.3–1.5 cm, margins irregularly serrate, dark brown oil cells prominently lining veins abaxially. |
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Racemes | erect, elongating after anthesis. |
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Flowers | opening at sunrise; buds individually reflexed, with apical free tips less than 1 mm; floral tube 1.5–2 mm, glabrous inside; sepals 2–5 mm; petals bright yellow, with red dots near base, fading pale lavender, 2–6 mm; stamens unequal, filaments of antisepalous stamens 1.5–3 mm, those of antipetalous ones 1–2 mm, anthers 1.2–2 mm, glabrous; style 4–7 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. |
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Styles | 4–5 mm, glabrous. |
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Capsules | spreading to ascending, oblong-cylindrical, 8–20 mm; pedicel 6–10 mm. |
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Seeds | 0.6–1 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Chylismia specicola subsp. specicola |
Chylismia specicola |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Crevices of broken limestone. | |||||
Elevation | 1300–1700 m. (4300–5600 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
AZ |
Arizona |
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Discussion | Subspecies specicola is known from the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Coconino County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). P. H. Raven (1962, 1969) thought that this species is most likely self-compatible but primarily outcrossing. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. | ||||
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Synonyms | Oenothera specicola, Camissonia specicola | |||||
Name authority | unknown | (P. H. Raven) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 208. (2007) | ||||
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