familyBrassicaceae
genusStreptanthus
speciesStreptanthus insignis
subspeciesStreptanthus insignis subsp. insignis
Streptanthus insignis subsp. insignis
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 717.
Racemes: terminal cluster of sterile flowers dark purple. Flowers: sepals of fertile ones purple or purplish; petals purplish white. Fruit valves glabrate or sparsely to, rarely, densely hispid. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Steep scree or talus slopes of serpentine or Franciscan formation, openings in chaparral, oak woodland
Elevation: 300-1100 m
Discussion
Subspecies insignis is known from Fresno, Merced, Monterey, and San Benito counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Streptanthus insignis subsp. insignis"
lateral +
sterile +
hypogynous +
dithecal +
dehiscing +
fertile +
petiolate +
not rosulate +
opposite +
absent +
auriculate +
lanceolate;lanceolate;oblanceolate +
absent +
campanulate +
woody +
well-developed +
distinct +
absent +
differentiated +
accumbent +
3[2]-fid +
absent +
Calif. +
absent +
median +
dilated +
dark purple +
sterile +
dehiscent +
flattened +
distinct +
absent +
Steep scree or talus slopes of serpentine or Franciscan formation, openings in chaparral, oak woodland +
Present +
racemose +
pungent +
watery +
absent +
connivent +
spreading +
decurrent +
dentate +
crisped;coarsely dentate;pinnatifid +
absent +
1-seeded +
prominent +
confluent +
receptacular +
variable +
fertile +
eseptate +
parietal +
apical +
32;94 +
decussate +
absent +
hypogynous +
alternate +
purplish white +
absent +
rudimentary +
2-carpellate +
3-colpate +
Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., +
1925 +
ebracteate +
cluster +
ascending +
coiled +
accumbent +
conduplicate +
incumbent +
tiny +
straight +
indistinct +
rounded +
slender +
mucilaginous +
winged +
uniseriate +
oblong +
saccate +
distinct +
erect +
lateral +
keeled +
complete +
absent +
reduced +
longitudinal +
tetradynamous +
equal +
prostrate +
absent +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
obsolete +
Streptanthus insignis subsp. insignis +
Streptanthus insignis +
subspecies +
stellate +
absent +
forked +
dehiscing +
anastomosing +
not scapose +
annual +
hirsute-hispid +
eglandular +
submerged +
continuous +
0.15mm;0.3mm +