Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii

(Munz) W. M. Klein

Aliso 5: 180. 1962.

Basionym: Oenothera deltoides var. howellii Munz Aliso 2: 81. 1949
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs perennial, densely strigillose, also villous and glandular puberulent distally; with relatively long, fleshy roots, grayish. Stems erect or ascending, several from base, not thickened near base, with numerous shorter lateral branches, these not encircling stems in older plants, 40–80 cm. Leaves cauline, without clear basal rosette, at least at anthesis; blade lanceolate, margins runcinate-pinnatifid. Flowers: buds fluted in distal 1/2, with free tips 1–9 mm; sepals 20–30 mm; petals 20–40 mm. Capsules 45–60 × 3–4 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering (Mar–)Jun–Jul(–Sep).
Habitat: Sand dunes and bluffs.
Elevation: 0–30 m.

Discussion

W. M. Klein (1964) determined subsp. howellii to be self-incompatible.

Subspecies howellii is known from the Antioch Dunes in Contra Costa County. Subspecies howellii is federally listed as endangered and is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
1.5mm +  and 5mm +
Warren L. Wagner +
(Munz) W. M. Klein +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
pedicel-like +
Oenothera deltoides var. howellii +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
sinuate-dentate +  and pinnatifid denticulate subentire or entire +
lanceolate +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
decumbent +  and ascending +
few +  and several +
slender +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
fluted +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
straight +  and curved +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
tapering +, cylindrical +  and slightly 4-angled +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and branched +
0–30 m. +
pink +  and white +
exfoliating +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
hispid +, lanate +  and glabrous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
unscented +
1 +  and several +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
Sand dunes and bluffs. +
perennial +
suffrutescent +
puberulent +, villous +  and strigillose +
nodding +  and erect +
13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br /> (26 cm260 mm <br />0.26 m <br />) +
deciduous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
runcinate-pinnatifid +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
fading pink +  and deep pink +
obcordate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Flowering (Mar–)Jun–Jul(–Sep). +
basal +  and cauline +
clavate +  and globose +
sculptured +  and smooth +
obovoid +
reduced +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
not spotted +
deciduous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
unequal +
adventitious +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
in 2 unequal series +  and subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
with short , lateral branches +  and unbranched +
ascending +  and erect +
not thickened +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
alveolate +
Anogra deltoides +
Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii +
Oenothera deltoides +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +