The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Key to GITHOPSIS

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Corolla cylindric, << 3 mm; flowers generally cleistogamous; bracts ovate
G. tenella
  1' Corolla funnel- to bell-shaped, generally > 3.5 mm; flowers not cleistogamous; bracts narrower than ovate
 
    2. Corolla showy, 1–1.5 × longer than wide; filament base wide, ciliate
G. pulchella
      3. Ovary 3–5.5 mm; corolla generally < 12 mm
subsp. serpentinicola
      3' Ovary > 5.5 mm; corolla generally > 12 mm
 
        4. Ovary obconic, with dense, recurved, stiff hairs; upper branches 15–30 mm
subsp. campestris
        4' Ovary cylindric to narrowly obconic, ± glabrous to finely hairy; upper branches > 32 mm
subsp. pulchella
    2' Corolla inconspicuous, 2–4.5 × longer than wide at level of sinuses; filament base narrow, glabrous or sparsely ciliate
 
      5. Ovary obconic, top slightly narrowed, base long-tapered; pedicel rarely 0; corolla 4.5–14 mm
G. specularioides
      5' Ovary cylindric to obconic, narrowed near middle, base swollen; pedicel 0; corolla 1.5–7.5 mm
G. diffusa
        6. Corolla lobes white, pale blue, or pink, becoming darker in drying
 
          7. Upper stem 0.4–1 mm wide; corolla 5–7.5 mm
subsp. candida
          7' Upper stem 0.2–0.4 mm wide; corolla 1.5–5 mm
subsp. filicaulis
        6' Corolla lobes light violet, violet-blue, or deep blue
 
          8. Ovary 5–6.5 × longer than wide at top
subsp. diffusa
          8' Ovary 2–5 × longer than wide at top
subsp. robusta


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