Dodecatheon clevelandii

Greene

Pittonia 1: 213. 1888 (as clevelandi),.

Conservation concern
Synonyms: Primula clevelandii (Greene) Mast & Reveal
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 274. Mentioned on page 269, 270, 273.

Plants (7–) 10–40 cm; scape glabrous, usually glandular-puberulent apically. Caudices not obvious at anthesis; roots tannish; bulblets absent. Leaves (1–) 3–18 (–20) × 0.5–4 (–5) cm; petiole usually slender; blade oblanceolate to spatulate, base usually not decurrent onto stem, narrowing abruptly to petiole, margins usually entire, rarely finely denticulate, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes with sessile glands. Inflorescences (1–) 5–18-flowered; bracts usually narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 3–22 mm, usually glandular, sometimes glabrous. Pedicels 2–5 cm, sparsely to moderately glandular-puberulent. Flowers: calyx light greenish, 5.5–8.5 mm, glandular-pubescent abaxially, tube 1.5–2.5 mm, lobes 5, 3–6 mm; corolla-tube yellow with dark maroon, thick, often wavy ring, lobes 5, magenta or white, 6–25 (–30) mm; filaments connate, tube yellow or dark maroon to black, 2.5–4 × 3–4 mm; anthers 3–5 mm; pollen-sacs yellow or dark purple, connective yellow or maroon to black, transversely rugose; stigma not enlarged compared to style. Capsules yellowish or reddish tan, often suffused with purple, valvate or operculate, cylindric-ovoid, 8–16 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent; walls thin, pliable. Seeds without membrane along edges. 2n = 44, 66, 88.

Discussion

Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Connectives yellow; filament tubes without yellow or white spot proximal to each anther. Dodecatheon clevelandii var. clevelandii
1 Connectives maroon to black; filament tubes with or without yellow or white spot proximal to each anther > 2
2 Filament tubes without yellow or white spot proximal to each anther. Dodecatheon clevelandii var. insulare
2 Filament tubes with yellow or white spot proximal to each anther > 3
3 Pollen sacs usually yellow. Dodecatheon clevelandii var. gracile
3 Pollen sacs usually dark purple. Dodecatheon clevelandii var. patulum

"reddish" is not a number. "maroon" is not a number. "purple" is not a number.

... more about "Dodecatheon clevelandii"
88 +, 66 +  and 44 +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
acute;mostly acute;rounded +
James L. Reveal +
Greene +
whitish +  and yellowish +
decurrent +
narrowing +
crenulate +  and denticulate +
oblanceolate;spatulate +
oblanceolate +, usually narrowly lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
light greenish +
glandular-pubescent +
not keeled +  and tubular +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
suffused with purple +, reddish tan +  and yellowish +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
glandular-puberulent +  and glabrous +
cylindric-ovoid +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
not obvious +
minute +
yellow with dark maroon +
short-tubular +
Calif. +  and nw Mexico +
operculate +  and capsular +
nectariferous +
(1-)5-18-flowered +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
white +  and magenta +
usually longer +
reflexed +  and spreading +
denticulate +
membranous +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
glandular-puberulent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
white;pink or violet or magenta +
dark purple +  and yellow +
glandular-puberulent +  and glabrous +
dark-brown +  and black +
alveolate +
globose +  and ovoid or quadrate +
toothlike +
Conservation concern +
connate +  and distinct +
nearly +  and erect +
inflated +
not enlarged +
Primula clevelandii +
Dodecatheon clevelandii +
Dodecatheon +
species +
dark maroon +  and black +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
3mm;4mm +
perennial +  and annual +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +