Neoholmgrenia hilgardii
Onagraceae subfam. onagroideae
Hilgard's evening primrose, Hilgard's suncup
erect to ascending, capillary, 1–15 cm.
linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1–3 × 0.1–0.3 cm.
stipules present or absent.
opening near sunrise;
floral tube 1.5–2 mm;
sepals 2–3 mm;
petals 2.5–5 mm; episepalous filaments 2–4 mm, epipetalous filaments 1.5–2.8 mm, sometimes epipetalous stamens absent, anthers of longer stamens 0.7–0.8 mm, those of shorter ones 0.5–0.6 mm;
style 4.5–6 mm, sparsely pubescent near base, stigma 0.7–0.8 mm diam., surrounded by anthers at anthesis.
floral tube present or, rarely, absent;
sepals 2 or 4 (very rarely 3), deciduous with floral tube, petals, and stamens;
petals yellow, white, pink, red, rarely in combination.
ascending, strongly flattened from unequal width of valves, 5–10 × 1–1.3 mm.
0.7–1.3 × 0.3–0.4 mm.
= 14.
Neoholmgrenia hilgardii
Onagraceae subfam. onagroideae
Neoholmgrenia hilgardii is probably self-compatible but outcrossing. The species occasionally grows sympatrically with N. andina (P. H. Raven 1969). It is known from Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanagan, and Yakima counties, Washington. The species was collected twice along the lower Columbia River, at Bingen, Klickitat County, Washington, and Hayden Island, Multnomah County, Oregon.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Genera 21, species 582 (16 genera, 246 species in the flora).
Onagroideae encompass the main lineage of the family, after the early branching of Ludwigia (R. A. Levin et al. 2003, 2004). This large and diverse lineage is distinguished by the presence of a floral tube beyond the apex of the ovary; sepals deciduous with the floral tube, petals, and stamens; pollen shed in monads (or tetrads in Chylismia sect. Lignothera and all but one species of Epilobium); ovular vascular system exclusively transseptal (R. H. Eyde 1981); ovule archesporium multicellular (H. Tobe and P. H. Raven 1996); and change in base chromosome number from x = 8 in Ludwigia to x = 10 or x = 11 at the base of Onagroideae (Raven 1979; Levin et al. 2003). Molecular work (Levin et al. 2003, 2004) substantially supports the traditional tribal classification (P. A. Munz 1965; Raven 1979, 1988); tribes are recognized to delimit major branches within the phylogeny of Onagroideae, where the branches comprise strongly supported monophyletic groups of one or more genera.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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