Neoholmgrenia andina

(Nuttall) W. L. Wagner & Hoch

Novon 19: 131. 2009.

Basionym: Oenothera andina Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 512. 1840
Synonyms: Camissonia andina (Nuttall) P. H. Raven Holmgrenia andina (Nuttall) W. L. Wagner & Hoch O. andina var. anomala M. Peck Sphaerostigma andinum (Nuttall) Walpers
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Herbs finely strigillose, more densely so distally, especially on ovary. Stems erect to ascending, capillary, 1–15 cm. Leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate. 1–3 × 0.1–0.3 cm. Flowers opening near sunrise; floral tube 0.8–2 mm; sepals 0.8–2.5 mm; petals 0.8–2.3 mm; episepalous filaments 0.5–2.2 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.1–0.5 mm, sometimes epipetalous stamens absent, anthers of longer stamens 0.2–0.5 mm, those of shorter ones 0.1–0.5 mm; style 1.7–3 mm, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent near base, stigma 0.4–0.6 mm diam., surrounded by anthers at anthesis. Capsules ascending, strongly flattened from unequal width of valves, (5–)8–10 × 1–1.3 mm. Seeds 0.7–1.3 × 0.3–0.4 mm. 2n = 28, 42.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Open places, clay or sandy soil, swales or drying meadows, playa bottoms, gravelly slopes, sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Elevation: 500–2000 m.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Some individuals of Neoholmgrenia andina have 3-merous flowers and some have stamens reduced to one whorl of four; both character states are possibly related to its predominant autogamous, and sometimes cleistogamous, habit (P. H. Raven 1969).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Neoholmgrenia andina"
Warren L. Wagner +
(Nuttall) W. L. Wagner & Hoch +
Oenothera andina +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
500–2000 m. +
Open places, clay or sandy soil, swales or drying meadows, playa bottoms, gravelly slopes, sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands. +
Flowering May–Jul. +
Camissonia andina +, Holmgrenia andina +, O. andina var. anomala +  and Sphaerostigma andinum +
Neoholmgrenia andina +
Neoholmgrenia +
species +