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|accepted_name=Comandra umbellata subsp. pallida
|accepted_authority=(A. de Candolle) Piehl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=22(1): 70. 1965
|year=1965
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Comandra pallida
|authority=A. de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|publication_title=Prodr.
|publication_place=14: 636. 1857
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. umbellata var. pallida
|authority=(A. de Candolle) M. E. Jones
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Comandraceae;Comandra;Comandra umbellata;Comandra umbellata subsp. pallida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Comandraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Comandra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Comandra umbellata]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Comandra umbellata subsp. pallida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 409, 411
|treatment_page=page 410
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 5–33 cm. <b>Rhizomes</b>: cortex blue, drying blackish. <b>Aerial</b> stems often much branched; proximal portions not overwintering. <b>Leaves</b>: blade green to grayish green, glaucous, linear to lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, 0.9–4.2 cm, thick, firm, becoming ± succulent, base attenuate to cuneate, margins not revolute, apex attenuate to acute, often mucronulate or apiculate; midrib obscure or sometimes conspicuous or protruding on abaxial surface, lateral veins obscure. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–1.6 mm. <b>Flowers</b> funnel-shaped to rotate; petals oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 2.5–5 mm; anthers 0.7 mm. <b>Pseudodrupes</b> purplish brown to red, glaucous, subglobose to ovate, 5.5–9 mm, slightly roughened. <b>2n</b> = 52.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Open areas, sandy and rocky slopes, sagebrush communities, coniferous and deciduous forests, deserts.
|elevation=150–2800 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Sask.;Yukon;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|discussion=<p>As with the other subspecies, <i></i>subsp.<i> pallida</i> is morphologically variable, this likely related to its diverse ecological habitats. Clinal variation and intergradation with the other subspecies that flank its eastern and western boundaries may also play a role (M. A. Piehl 1965). Intermediates between <i></i>subsp.<i> pallida</i> and <i></i>subsp.<i> californica</i> occur in Arizona, New Mexico, <i>Nevada</i>, Oregon, and Washington. Ecotypic variation apparently has a genetic component, as demonstrated by common garden experiments with seeds and vegetative propagules (Piehl). One extreme but widespread form is highly branched basally and has dimorphic leaves, with the proximal blades linear and the distal blades lanceolate or elliptic.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Comandra umbellata subsp. pallida
|authority=(A. de Candolle) Piehl
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=C. umbellata var. pallida
|basionyms=Comandra pallida
|family=Comandraceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Open areas, sandy and rocky slopes, sagebrush communities, coniferous and deciduous forests, deserts.
|elevation=150–2800 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Sask.;Yukon;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1965
|special status=
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|genus=Comandra
|species=Comandra umbellata
|subspecies=Comandra umbellata subsp. pallida
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