Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. niger

(Greene) Al-Shehbaz

Novon 18: 280. 2008.

Basionym: Streptanthus niger Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 141. 1886
Synonyms: Euklisia nigra (Greene) Greene Streptanthus glandulosus var. niger (Greene) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 714. Mentioned on page 712.

Stems 2–11 dm, glabrous throughout. Cauline leaves: blade conduplicate distally, margins entire, surfaces glabrous. Racemes not secund; rachis flexuous. Fruiting pedicels 10–32 mm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals dark purple-black, 7–8 mm, glabrous; petals dark purple, 10–12 mm; adaxial filaments 8–10 mm. Fruits divaricate-ascending, straight; valves glabrous. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Serpentine grasslands

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies niger is known from the Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"elongated" is not a number."thick" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
lateral +  and abaxial +
linear +  and oblong +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +
(Greene) Al-Shehbaz +
narrowed +
Streptanthus niger +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
not +  and auriculate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
lyrate-pinnatifid +, dentate +  and entire +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
auriculate to amplexicaul;linear-lanceolate;lanceolate or oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
urceolate +
branched +  and simple +
petiolate +  and sessile +
well-developed +
distinct +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
latiseptate +, stipitate +  and subsessile +
straight +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
divaricate-ascending +
flattened +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Serpentine grasslands +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
crisped;coarsely dentate;more or less lobed +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
unequal +
dark purple +
rudimentary +
oblong +  and ovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
spreading +  and ascending +
stout +  and slender +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
mucilaginous +
aseriate +, uniseriate +  and biseriate +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
ovoid +  and oblong +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
dark purple-black +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
not keeled +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
tetradynamous +
branched +  and unbranched +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
subentire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Euklisia nigra +  and Streptanthus glandulosus var. niger +
Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. niger +
Streptanthus glandulosus +
subspecies +
dendritic +  and simple +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
glabrous +  and hirsute +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and shrub +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
0.1mm;0.5mm +