Horkelia fusca var. pseudocapitata
Horkelia fusca var. tenella
intermountain horkelia, tawny horkelia
delicate horkelia, pinewoods horkelia, tawny horkelia
3–6 dm.
(0.6–)1–4(–5) dm.
green, 10–35(–40) cm;
leaflets 4–6(or 7) per side, narrowly to broadly obovate, 10–30(–35) × (5–)10–20(–25) mm, 1/2 to nearly as wide as long, divided 1/5–1/4 to midrib into 8–14 teeth, surfaces not obscured, ± sparsely hirsute to glabrate.
green, (3–)4–18(–27) cm;
leaflets 8–15 per side, cuneate to flabellate, 5–10(–15) × 2–10(–20) mm, 3/4 as wide to wider than long, divided 3/4+ to midrib into 5–15 lobes or teeth, surfaces not obscured, sparsely short-hirsute to glabrate.
1–4(or 5);
leaflets of proximalmost 2 or 3(–5) per side.
2–4(or 5);
leaflets of proximalmost 3–6 per side.
green to reddish purple, congested to open, comprising 1/6–1/3 of stem, composed of 10–30-flowered glomerules, glandular hairs not or obscurely red-septate;
bracts acute-lobed, not obscuring pedicels and flowers at maturity.
green to ± reddish, congested to open, comprising no more than 1/4 of stem, composed of 3–10(–20)-flowered glomerules, glandular hairs sometimes red-septate;
bracts acute- to acuminate-lobed, sometimes partly obscuring pedicels and flowers at maturity.
epicalyx bractlets 2–3.5(–4) mm;
hypanthium 2 × 2.5–4 mm;
petals (3–)4–6 mm;
filaments 0.5–1.5 mm, usually longer than wide, anthers 0.5–0.6 mm;
styles 1–1.5 mm.
epicalyx bractlets 1.5–2 mm;
hypanthium 1.5–2 × 2–3 mm;
petals 2–3(–4) mm;
filaments 0.2–0.5 mm, wider than long, anthers 0.5 mm;
styles 1 mm.
1.6–1.8 mm.
1.2–1.5 mm.
= 28.
= 28.
Horkelia fusca var. pseudocapitata
Horkelia fusca var. tenella
The application of the epithet pseudocapitata here differs significantly from that of P. A. Rydberg (1908c), D. D. Keck (1938), and most floras, who used it for the taxon that is here called var. brownii. Instead, var. pseudocapitata encompasses the bulk of what had been called var. (or subsp.) capitata, except in mountains bordering the Palouse Prairie in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. For nomenclatural details, see B. Ertter and J. L Reveal (2007).
As here circumscribed, var. pseudocapitata is a relatively large, big-petaled variety that grows in the mountains in and bordering the northern Intermountain Region in northeastern California (primarily the Warner Mountains), northern Nevada, southeastern Oregon, and southern Idaho, extending northward along valleys from Camas to Blaine counties. Intermediate plants are common where the range intersects those of var. brownii, var. capitata, and var. parviflora, though in the core of its range var. pseudocapitata is reasonably distinctive and uniform.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Plants of var. tenella have the most deeply and consistently divided leaflets, and the variety is the only one with such leaflets that occurs in California. It is most common in open lodgepole pine forests at the southern end of the Cascade Range in northeastern California. Populations outside this core area tend to intergrade with var. brownii or var. parviflora. A collection from west-central Tehama County (Bracelin 405, UC) matches this variety, but from an atypical habitat well outside the core range.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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