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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.

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.

Racemes

erect, elongating after anthesis.

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.

Styles

4–5 mm, glabrous.

Capsules

spreading to ascending, oblong-cylindrical, 8–20 mm;

pedicel 6–10 mm.

Seeds

0.6–1 mm.

2n

= 14.

Chylismia specicola subsp. specicola

Chylismia specicola

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Crevices of broken limestone.
Elevation 1300–1700 m. (4300–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
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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.)

Key
1. Leaf blades and styles glabrous; herbs ± woody at base.
subsp. specicola
1. Leaf blades and styles villous, at least at base; herbs not woody.
subsp. hesperia
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia > Chylismia specicola Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Chylismia > sect. Chylismia
Sibling taxa
C. specicola subsp. hesperia
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. parryi, C. scapoidea, C. walkeri
Subordinate taxa
C. specicola subsp. hesperia, C. specicola subsp. specicola
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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