Crocanthemum scoparium |
Crocanthemum greenei |
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Bisbee Peak rushrose, broom rushrose, peak rockrose, peak rush-rose |
island rush-rose |
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Habit | Subshrubs. | Subshrubs. | ||||
Stems | spreading to erect-fastigiate, 10–45 cm, usually sparsely stellate-pubescent to glabrate, sometimes densely lanate. |
erect, 15–30 cm, sparsely to densely stellate-pubescent, distally with dense, dark, glandular hairs 0.4–0.8 mm. |
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Leaves | cauline, tending to be deciduous in summer; petiole 0–2 mm; blade linear, 5–11 × 0.5–2(–3.5) mm, surfaces stellate-pubescent to glabrate abaxially, sparsely stellate-pubescent to glabrate adaxially, lateral veins obscure abaxially. |
cauline; petiole 0–2.5 mm; blade oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 7–25(–35) × 2–4(–7) mm, margins nonrevolute, surfaces stellate-pubescent, lateral veins obscure abaxially. |
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Inflorescences | terminal, panicles or racemes; chasmogamous flowers 1–18 per panicle or raceme, cleistogamous 0. |
terminal, corymbose; chasmogamous flowers 3–25 per corymb, cleistogamous 0. |
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Pedicels | 2–6 mm, sparsely or not glandular-hairy; bracts 2–4 × 0.3–0.5 mm. |
1–4(–6) mm, stellate-pubescent and densely glandular-hairy; bracts 3–10 × 0.5–1.5 mm. |
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Chasmogamous | flowers: outer sepals linear, 1.5–3.5 × 0.3 mm, inner sepals 3.5–5(–7.5) × 2–3 mm, apex acute to acuminate; calyx stellate-pubescent, hairs to 1 mm; petals obovate, 3–6 × 3–5 mm; capsules 2.8–3.8 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous. |
flowers: outer sepals lanceolate, 2.5–4 × 0.5–1 mm, inner sepals 4.5–8 × 3–4 mm, apex acuminate; calyx strigose (sometimes also short-stellate-hairy), hairs simple, 1–1.7 mm; petals obovate, 5–8 × 3–4 mm; capsules 4.3–6 × 3–3.5 mm, glabrous. |
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Crocanthemum scoparium |
Crocanthemum greenei |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | |||||
Habitat | Dry, rocky ridges | |||||
Elevation | 10–100 m (0–300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; nw Mexico
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CA |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Even with the recognition of Crocanthemum aldersonii and C. suffrutescens as separate species, morphological diversity within C. scoparium still remains considerable. The two varieties here recognized show differences in habit, average plant height, number of flowers, and distribution. Another variant occurs sporadically along the coast and on Santa Cruz Island, from Monterey to San Diego counties; vegetative parts (at least distal branches, pedicels, and sepals) are covered with white, lanate hairs. This variant has never been formally named. Another form from coastal Mendocino County was called “Helianthemum mendocinensis” by Alice Eastwood on a specimen (H. E. Brown 785, JEPS); the name was never published. These plants have densely stellate-pubescent stems and exceptionally elongate sepal tips. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Crocanthemum greenei has been documented from San Miguel, Santa Catalina, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa islands. According to the California Native Plant Society, it is extant on Santa Catalina, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa islands, totaling about 20 populations and listed federally as threatened. Threats are from non-native mammals and plants. The habit, dense, dark glandular hairs on stems and pedicels, and long, white hairs on the calyx distinguish C. greenei. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 407. | FNA vol. 6, p. 406. | ||||
Parent taxa | Cistaceae > Crocanthemum | Cistaceae > Crocanthemum | ||||
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Synonyms | Helianthemum scoparium | Helianthemum greenei | ||||
Name authority | (Nuttall) Millspaugh: Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 5: 175. (1923) | (B. L. Robinson) Sorrie: Phytologia 93: 270. (2011) | ||||
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