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Jepsonia malvifolia

island jepsonia
Caudices

branched, ovoid or flat.
Leaves

2–3.
Inflorescences

diffuse or dense, (3–)4–17(–25)-flowered;

bracts scalelike;

peduncle greenish or olive, drying greenish or brown, branched distally, 6–23 cm.
Flowers

hypanthium campanulate, 1–2 mm, ± equaling sepals;

sepals yellow-green or pinkish, 1–2 mm, base flattened, glandular-viscid;

petals persistent, alternate with sepals, distinct, white with red veins, 3–3.5 mm.
Capsules

yellow-green with tan striations, beaks divergent.
Seeds

dark brown.
Pollen

yellowish.
2n

= 14.

Jepsonia malvifolia
Phenology Flowering Sep–Nov.
Habitat Rocky outcrops, coastal bluffs, chaparral, oak woodlands
Elevation 0-500 m (0-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California [Guadalupe Island])
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Jepsonia malvifolia is uncommon and occurs on all of the Channel Islands except Anacapa, Santa Barbara, and San Miguel. Individuals of this species produce flowers that usually last longer than those of the other two members of the genus. Prior to 1992, this species was in decline on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands because feral pigs ate the fleshy caudices. Populations have apparently rebounded to some extent since removal of the pigs.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 119.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Jepsonia
Sibling taxa
J. heterandra, J. parryi
Synonyms Saxifraga malvifolia
Name authority (Greene) Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 19. 1896 (as malvaefolia) ,
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