View source for Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis

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|accepted_name=Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis
|accepted_authority=(D. D. Keck) J. M. Egger
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=90: 67. 2008
|year=2008
}}
|common_names=Humboldt Bay owl’s-clover
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Orthocarpus castillejoides var. humboldtiensis
|authority=D. D. Keck
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Castilleja ambigua subsp. humboldtiensis
|authority=(D. D. Keck) T. I. Chuang & Heckard
}}
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Castilleja;Castilleja ambigua;Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Castilleja]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Castilleja ambigua]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 584
|treatment_page=page 585
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>± short-decumbent proximally, becoming erect to ascending, unbranched or few-branched from mid stem. <b>Leaves</b> narrowly oblong to linear, oblong, or lanceolate, cup-shaped, ± fleshy, apex rounded. <b>Bracts</b> proximally green or brownish purple, distally pink to purple on lobe apices; lobes ascending, oblong, 20–23 mm, usually arising above mid length. <b>Calyces</b> with all 4 clefts subequal; lateral clefts 3 mm, ca. 15% of calyx length. <b>Corollas</b> 21–24 mm; beak pink or purplish, 5–7 mm; abaxial lip yellow, becoming orange or red-purple after anthesis; teeth deep pinkish purple, often with whitish bases.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug).
|habitat=Upper margins of Salicornia salt marshes, saline flats.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Variety humboldtiensis has purplish flowers and bract apices and is limited to the upper edge of <i>Salicornia</i>-dominated salt marshes in Humboldt and Mendocino counties, where it replaces <i></i>var.<i> ambigua</i>. Most populations are around Humboldt Bay. Reports of <i></i>var.<i> humboldtiensis</i> from Tomales Bay in Marin County are based on plants of the salt marsh form of <i></i>var.<i> ambigua</i> and have yellowish flowers. Variety humboldtiensis is threatened by coastal development.</p>
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name=Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis
|author=
|authority=(D. D. Keck) J. M. Egger
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Castilleja ambigua subsp. humboldtiensis
|basionyms=Orthocarpus castillejoides var. humboldtiensis
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug).
|habitat=Upper margins of Salicornia salt marshes, saline flats.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=2008
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Castilleja
|species=Castilleja ambigua
|variety=Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis
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