Peritoma arborea var. arborea

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 206.

Capsules inflated, obovoid. 2n = 40.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Coastal bluffs, hillsides, grasslands, desert washes and flats, roadsides
Elevation: 0-1300 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Variety arborea, which has capsules intermediate in shape between vars. angustata and globosa, is found throughout most of the species range; it is uncommon in Baja California and absent in the northern part of the range of the species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Staria S. Vanderpool +  and Hugh H. Iltis +
(Nuttall) H. H. Iltis +
Isomeris arborea +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California). +
0-1300 m +
Coastal bluffs, hillsides, grasslands, desert washes and flats, roadsides +
Flowering summer. +
Cleome isomeris +
Peritoma arborea var. arborea +
Peritoma arborea +
variety +