Orobanche parishii subsp. brachyloba

Heckard

Madroño 22: 68, figs. 2J, 3N. 1973.

Synonyms: Aphyllon parishii subsp. brachylobum (Heckard) A. C. Schneider
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 484. Mentioned on page 479, 483.

Plants (5–) 7–18 (–25) cm. Inflorescences 3–10 (–15) cm. Calyces slightly bilaterally symmetric, 9–11 mm, lobes subulate, 7–10 mm, apex ascending. Corolla lobes internally usually with maroon or reddish purple blotches or relatively uniformly colored, lacking maroon or reddish purple stripes or veins distally, 15–20 (–24) mm, lips 4–6 (–7) mm; anthers glabrous, rarely sparsely woolly; stigma 2-lobed, lobes strongly recurved, thick. 2n = 96.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Beaches, sandy soils near coasts.
Elevation: 0–200 m.

Distribution

Calif., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Subspecies brachyloba is found primarily on the Channel, San Nicholas, and Santa Catalina islands. It is rarely found on coastal sites of the mainland in San Diego County. The most frequently reported host is Isocoma menziesii (Asteraceae). Reports on Atriplex californica (Chenopodiaceae) and Eriogonum latifolium (Polygonaceae) are unconfirmed.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

erect +  and spreading or recurved +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
erect +  and more or less spreading +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
woolly +  and glabrous +
glandular-pubescent +
retuse +, rounded +, blunt +, acute +  and obtuse +
L. Turner Collins +, Alison E. L. Colwell +  and George Yatskievych +
Heckard +
not enlarged +
Orobanche californica var. parishii +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
not leathery +, not +  and fleshy +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
erect +  and spreading +
lanceolate-ovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
pallid +, purple-tinged +, pinkish +  and white +
divided +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
oblong-ovoid +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
pallid +, tinged pink +  and purple yellow or blue +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
bent +  and tubular +
constricted +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
spikelike +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
0–200 m. +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Beaches, sandy soils near coasts. +
branched +  and simple +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
purplish tinged;yellow;pallid creamy +
axillary +  and terminal +
glandular-pubescent +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
deciduous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
reddish purple +, maroon +, reddish tinged +, externally white +  and pallid yellow or buff +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +
subulate +
erosulate +, erose +  and entire +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
spikelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Sep. +
spikelike +
inconspicuous +
coralloid +
slender +
black;tan;dark-brown +
500 +  and 2000 +
prismatic +, ovoid +  and oblong-ellipsoid +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
subequal +
yellow +  and white +
aerial +  and subterranean +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
capitate +  and crateriform-peltate +
reddish purple +, maroon +, lacking +, colored +  and blotches +
glandular-pubescent +
Aphyllon parishii subsp. brachylobum +
Orobanche parishii subsp. brachyloba +
Orobanche parishii +
subspecies +
white;pallid yellow or buff +
straight +  and curved +
glandular-pubescent +
constricted +
branched +  and simple +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
holoparasitic +  and hemiparasitic +