Chylismia claviformis subsp. cruciformis
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. 2007.
Herbs strigillose or glandular puberulent proximally, glandular puberulent or glabrous distally. Stems 3–55 cm. Leaves: blade lateral lobes well developed, few to numerous, terminal lobe narrowly ovate to subcordate, to 8 × to 4 cm, margins serrate-dentate. Flowers opening at sunrise; buds without free tips, sometimes with apical free tips less than 1 mm; floral-tube yellow or orangebrown inside, 2–6.5 mm; petals bright-yellow, sometimes red-dotted in proximal 1/2, often fading purple, 2.5–8 mm. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Sandy or clay flats and slopes, with Artemisia tridentata, Ericameria, Grayia spinosa, or Purshia tridentata.
Elevation: 600–1500 m.
Distribution
Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg.
Discussion
Subspecies cruciformis is known from Lassen County, California, western Canyon and Owyhee counties, Idaho, Harney, Lake, and Malheur counties, Oregon, and central and southern Washoe County, Nevada. It intergrades with subsp. integrior.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"elongating" is not a number.