Dodecatheon clevelandii var. gracile

(Greene) Reveal

Sida 22: 863. 2006 ,.

Common names: Mission shootingstar
Basionym: Dodecatheon patulum var. gracile Greene Erythea 3: 72. 1895
Synonyms: Dodecatheon clevelandii subsp. sanctarum (Greene) Abrams Primula clevelandii var. gracilis (Greene) Mast & Reveal
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 275. Mentioned on page 274.

Inflorescences 3–7 (–12) -flowered. Flowers: filament tube with yellow or white spot proximal to each anther; pollen-sacs usually yellow with reddish or purplish to maroon speckles; connective maroon to black. 2n = 44, 66, 88.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Dry slopes and flats mainly in oak woodlands
Elevation: 0-700 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety gracile is found mainly in the coastal and western Transverse Ranges from San Francisco County to Ventura County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

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) Reveal +
whitish +  and yellowish +
decurrent +
narrowing +
Dodecatheon patulum var. gracile +
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 +
Mission shootingstar +
yellow with dark maroon +
short-tubular +
0-700 m +
operculate +  and capsular +
Dry slopes and flats mainly in oak woodlands +
nectariferous +
3-7(-12)-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 +
Flowering spring. +
maroon speckles +, purplish +, reddish +  and yellow +
white spot +  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 +
Dodecatheon clevelandii subsp. sanctarum +  and Primula clevelandii var. gracilis +
Dodecatheon clevelandii var. gracile +
Dodecatheon clevelandii +
variety +
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 />) +