Camissonia integrifolia
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 37: 344, fig. 62. 1969.
Herbs sparsely strigillose or glabrate, more densely so distally. Stems usually erect, sometimes decumbent, slender, wiry, usually many-branched, to 30 cm. Leaves: proximalmost not clustered near base; blade linear, 1–3 × 0.1–0.3 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margins usually entire, rarely with 1 or 2 small teeth, apex acute. Flowers opening near sunrise; floral tube 1.5–2.5 mm, moderately to sparsely pubescent inside on proximal 1/2; sepals 1.6–4 mm, reflexed in pairs; petals 2–4.2 mm, each ± with 2 red dots basally; episepalous filaments 0.9–2.1 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.5–1.4 mm, anthers 0.3–0.6 mm, pollen with usually less than 10% of grains 4-pored; style 2.3–4.8 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. Capsules 45–60 × 0.8–1.3 mm; subsessile. Seeds 1–2 × 0.4–0.5 mm. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes.
Elevation: 700–1000 m.
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California).
Discussion
Camissonia integrifolia is known in the flora area from central to southern California, west of the Sierra Nevada.
P. H. Raven (1969) determined that Camissonia integrifolia is a self-compatible tetraploid and autogamous. The species forms sterile natural hybrids with C. strigulosa, to which it is presumably most closely related.
Selected References
None.