Vauquelinia californica subsp. californica

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 430. Mentioned on page 431.

Young stems initially tomentulose, becoming canescent or tardily glabrate. Leaves: petiole (4–) 7–15 (–26) mm; blade bicolor, abaxially white, adaxially green and lustrous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, (3.5–) 4–9 (–15) × (0.7–) 1–2 (–3.2) cm, surfaces initially villous-tomentulose, abaxially usually sparsely white-puberulent, hairs slightly coiled, sometimes glabrate or glabrous, adaxially mostly glabrate or glabrous. Corymbs 3–5 (–12) × 3–8 (–13) cm. Flowers: hypanthium 2–2.5 (–3) × 2–3.7 (–4.5) mm, exterior tomentulose or tardily glabrate, interior glabrous; sepals 1.4–2.1 × 1.5–2.3 mm, puberulent-villous; petals 4–5 × 2.5–3.5 mm; filaments 3–5.5 mm. Capsules 5–6.5 × 3.5–4.5 mm. Seeds 4–5 × 1.2–1.3 mm. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Limestone and granite substrates, shrublands of upper Sonoran Desert from above desert plains to lower pinyon-juniper zones
Elevation: 700–1800 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Baja California Sur)

Discussion

Subspecies californica shows considerable variation among populations, particularly with regard to vestiture, leaf size and shape, petiole length, and number of marginal teeth. Often populations within the same mountain ranges in Arizona share the same pattern of variation. Most of the populations have distinctly bicolor leaves, at least when young, or abaxially become weakly puberulent and persistently, closely tomentulose to canescent with tightly coiled hairs.

The name Vauquelinia torreyi S. Watson, which is illegitimate, pertains here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
mucronate;acute +
William J. Hess +
(Torrey) Sargent +
gray +  and dark gray +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
obliquely cuneate +  and rounded +
Spiraea californica +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br /> (18.5 cm185 mm <br />0.185 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
green +, white +  and bicolor +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
free +  and connate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
glabrate +, hairy +  and tomentulose +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Mexico (Baja California Sur) +
not +  and aggregated +
700–1800 m +
glabrous +, glabrate +  and tomentulose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
not +  and aggregated +
Limestone and granite substrates, shrublands of upper Sonoran Desert from above desert plains to lower pinyon-juniper zones +
glabrous +  and glabrate +
crinkled +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
tomentose +  and sparsely tomentulose or glabrate +
hemispheric +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
crassinucellate +
persistent +
pinnate +, entire +  and serrate +
crenulate +  and serrulate +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
free +  and distinct +
oblong-ovate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
Gard. & Forest +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
puberulent-villous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
tomentulose +  and villous-canescent +
Illustrated +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
glabrate;canescent;tomentulose +
1 +  and 10 +
subulate;narrowly deltate +
persistent +
distinct +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
elongate +
white-puberulent +  and villous-tomentulose +
Vauquelinia californica subsp. californica +
Vauquelinia californica +
subspecies +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
10 (?) +  and 35 (?) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
tree +  and shrub +
rounded +  and ovoid +