Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. cuspidatus

Common names: Siskiyou Mountain owl’s-clover
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 682.

Flowers: corolla 16–25 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip 7–8 mm, pouches 4–5 mm deep.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Open, grassy to rocky slopes.
Elevation: 700–2200 m.

Discussion

In California, subsp. cuspidatus is known from the northwestern part of the state and the Cascade Ranges plus in southwestern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
rounded +  and galeate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
retuse +  and obtuse +
Kerry A. Barringer +
Greene +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
tubular +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Siskiyou Mountain owl’s-clover +
white +, yellow +  and purple-pink +
gibbous +  and club--shaped +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
700–2200 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Open, grassy to rocky slopes. +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
deciduous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
triangular +
3-lobed +  and entire +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
dark-brown +
1 +  and 12 +
not ridged +, ovoid +  and reniform +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
erect +  and ascending +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
not fleshy +
not expanded +
Orthocarpus pachystachyus var. cuspidatus +
Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. cuspidatus +
Orthocarpus cuspidatus +
subspecies +
not bearded +
not hooked +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +