familyMalvaceae
subfamilyMalvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
genusEremalche
speciesEremalche parryi
subspeciesEremalche parryi subsp. kernensis
Difference between revisions of "Eremalche parryi subsp. kernensis"
Phytologia 72: 51. 1992.
Conservation concernEndemic
Basionym: Eremalche kernensis C. B. Wolf Occas. Pap. Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. 2: 66, fig. 18. 1938
Synonyms: Malvastrum kernense (C. B. Wolf) Munz
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Pedicels usually 1–5 cm in flower; involucellar bractlets (3–)4–7(–10) mm in bisexual flowers, (2.5–)4–6(–8) mm in pistillate flowers. Flowers bisexual or pistillate; petals white or mauve. Bisexual flowers: calyx 5–9(–10) mm, lobes 3.5–7(–8) × 1.7–3(–3.5) mm; petals 8–20(–25) mm, exceeding calyx. Pistillate flowers: calyx 4.5–7.5(–10) mm, lobes 3.2–6.5(–8) × 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm; petals 5.5–13 mm, ± equaling to slightly exceeding calyx. Mericarps 9–13 in bisexual flowers, 13–19 in pistillate flowers. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat: Eroded hillsides, alkali flats
Elevation: 60–1200 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies kernensis occurs in the southernmost inner South Coast Ranges and the southern San Joaquin Valley in Kern and San Luis Obispo counties.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.