Chylismia claviformis subsp. cruciformis

(Kellogg) W. L. Wagner & Hoch

Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 206. 2007.

Basionym: Oenothera cruciformis Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 227, fig. 71. 1863
Synonyms: Camissonia claviformis subsp. cruciformis (Kellogg) P. H. Raven C. claviformis var. cruciformis (Kellogg) Cronquist Chylisma cruciformis (Kellogg) Howell C. scapoidea var. cruciformis (Kellogg) Small O. claviformis subsp. citrina P. H. Raven O. claviformis subsp. cruciformis (Kellogg) P. H. Raven O. claviformis var. cruciformis (Kellogg) Munz
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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

None.

"elongating" is not a number.

0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Warren L. Wagner +
(Kellogg) W. L. Wagner & Hoch +
darker flecks +
Oenothera cruciformis +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
reduced +
reflexed +  and erect +
curved +  and straight +
ascending +  and spreading +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
600–1500 m. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
orangebrown +  and yellow +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
curved +  and straight +
loculicidal +
oblong-cylindrical +, clavate +  and subterete +
Sandy or clay flats and slopes, with Artemisia tridentata, Ericameria, Grayia spinosa, or Purshia tridentata. +
glabrous +, puberulent +, glandular +  and strigillose +
few +  and numerous +
unlobed +  and lobed +
deciduous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
reduced +
membranous +
numerous +  and 1 +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
fading purple +, red-dotted +  and bright-yellow +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–May. +
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
well-developed +
basal +  and cauline +
clavate +  and globose +
7 +  and numerous +
lenticular +  and narrowly ovoid +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +  and green +
deciduous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
subequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
conical-peltate +
capitate +  and entire +
long-petiolate +
intrapetiolar +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
non-papillate +
Camissonia claviformis subsp. cruciformis +, C. claviformis var. cruciformis +, Chylisma cruciformis +, C. scapoidea var. cruciformis +, O. claviformis subsp. citrina +, O. claviformis subsp. cruciformis +  and O. claviformis var. cruciformis +
Chylismia claviformis subsp. cruciformis +
Chylismia claviformis +
subspecies +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
3(-5)-aperturate +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +