Chloropyron palmatum

(Ferris) Tank & J. M. Egger

Syst. Bot. 34: 189. 2009.

EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Adenostegia palmata Ferris Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 45: 420. 1918
Synonyms: Cordylanthus carnulosus Pennell C. palmatus (Ferris) J. F. Macbride C. palmatus subsp. carnulosus (Pennell) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 669. Mentioned on page 666.

Stems erect or spreading, 10–30 cm, sparsely pilose or glabrescent, hairs glandular. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 7–20 × 3–7 mm, margins entire or pinnately 5-lobed, lateral-veins conspicuous. Spikes 5–15 cm; bracts often red distally, narrowly ovate to ovate, 12–20 mm, margins pinnately 3–7-lobed. Flowers: calyx 12–15 mm; corolla white to pale lavender, 12–20 mm, lobes 4–5 mm, often with pale lavender spots at base of abaxial lobe; stamens 2, each with 2 pollen-sacs; staminodes 2. Capsules narrowly ovoid, 6–7 mm. Seeds 14–18, brown to dark-brown, ± reniform, 2.5–3 mm, with abaxial crest. 2n = 42.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Alkaline flats.
Elevation: 10–150 m.

Discussion

Chloropyron palmatum is threatened by agriculture and urbanization (T. I. Chuang and L. R. Heckard 1973) in Fresno, Madera, San Joaquin, and Yolo counties. Inflorescence bracts are not palmate but are more deeply incised than those of C. molle.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Chloropyron palmatum"
rounded +  and galeate +
Kerry A. Barringer +
(Ferris) Tank & J. M. Egger +
Adenostegia palmata +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
narrowly ovate +  and ovate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
spathe-like +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
not elongate +
white to pale lavender +
club--shaped +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
10–150 m. +
pilose +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Alkaline flats. +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
narrowly lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
deciduous +
pink;purple-red +
narrowly triangular +  and triangular +
3-7-lobed +, 5-lobed +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
brown;dark-brown +
14 +  and 18 +
reniform +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
pale lavender +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
spreading +  and erect +
glabrescent +  and pilose +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
expanded +
Cordylanthus carnulosus +, C. palmatus +  and C. palmatus subsp. carnulosus +
Chloropyron palmatum +
Chloropyron +
species +