Oenothera hartwegii subsp. fendleri |
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Habit | Herbs usually glabrous throughout, sometimes glandular puberulent on distal parts, especially on ovaries. |
Leaves | 1–5 × 0.15–1 cm, fascicles of small leaves to 1 cm (when present); blade linear to oblanceolate or lanceolate, base attenuate to obtuse, rarely nearly clasping, margins entire or subentire, rarely undulate. |
Flowers | buds with free tips 0.5–3 mm; floral tube 30–50 mm; sepals 9–28 mm; petals 10–30 mm; filaments 5–12 mm, anthers 5–13 mm; style 40–75 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
Oenothera hartwegii subsp. fendleri |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. |
Habitat | In scattered populations on clay or gravelly soil, sometimes calcareous, in grasslands, often with Juniperus and Prosopis, to woodlands with Juniperus, Pinus edulis, sometimes Pinus ponderosa. |
Elevation | 300–2200 m. (1000–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; KS; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua) |
Discussion | Subspecies fendleri is known from Barber, Comanche, and Morton counties, Kansas, south through western Oklahoma and scattered sites in the Texas Panhandle to eastern Chihuahua, central trans-Pecos Texas, central and western New Mexico, and east-central Arizona. It is the most distinctive subspecies in the complex. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | O. fendleri, Calylophus hartwegii subsp. fendleri, Galpinsia fendleri, G. hartwegii var. fendleri, O. hartwegii var. fendleri |
Name authority | (A. Gray) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 212. (2007) |
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