Key to Camissoniopsis

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(For a list of species in Camissoniopsis, use the above link.)

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1. Perennial herb or subshrub; ± coastal ..... C. cheiranthifolia

2. Perennial herb; hairs rarely dense and silvery; style 6–9 mm; petals 6–11 mm; stigma surrounded by anthers ..... subsp. cheiranthifolia

2' Subshrub; hairs generally dense and silvery; style 13–23 mm; petals (10)12–20 mm; stigma exceeding anthers ..... subsp. suffruticosa

1' Annual or short-lived 

perennial 

Completing life cycle (germination through death) in more than two years or growing seasons, generally non-woody (at least above ground) to woody; includes perennial herbs as well as subshrubs to trees; the abbreviation 'per' only refers to perennial herb, not to the word 'perennial' alone.

herb; inland or coastal

3. Stigma exceeding anthers ..... C. bistorta

3' Stigma generally surrounded by anthers

4. Fruit stout, 2.8–3.5 mm wide at base, deeply grooved ..... C. guadalupensis subsp. clementina

4' Fruit not especially stout, 0.7–2.2 mm wide at base, not deeply grooved

5. > 25% of pollen grains 4–5-angled (visible with light microscopy)

6. Inflorescence hairs nonglandular; 25–60% of pollen grains 4–5-angled – SCoRO (Monterey Co.) ..... C. luciae

6' Inflorescence hairs both glandular and other types nonglandular; 70–100% of pollen grains 4–5-angled

7. Fruit 1.3–1.6 mm wide, ± 

cylindric 

Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.

, drying ± 4-angled; SCoR (Monterey, San Luis Obispo cos.) ..... C. hardhamiae

7' Fruit 1.5–2 mm wide, 4-angled; ChI, PR ..... C. robusta

5' < 5% of pollen grains 4–5-angled (visible with light microscopy)

8. Fruit conspicuously 4-angled, 1.8–2.2 mm wide – SCo, w PR ..... C. lewisii

8' Fruit cylindric or weakly 4-angled when fresh, 0.7–1.8 mm wide

9. Petioles of distal leaves < 25 mm; fruit < 5-coiled ..... C. ignota

9' Petioles of distal leaves 0 or < 2 mm; fruit straight to 3-coiled

10. Plant 

strigose 

With stiff, straight, sharp, appressed hairs.

, ± gray – s SnJV, n slope SnBr, D ..... C. pallida

11. Petals 6.5–13 mm; 

hypanthium 

Structure generally in the shape of a tube, cup, or bowl, derived from the fused lower portions of the perianth and stamens, from which these parts seem to arise, and to which the ovary wall is fused in an inferior ovary (to which the ovary wall is partially fused in a half-inferior ovary; from which the ovary is free in a superior ovary).

3.8–4.2 mm; style 6.5–10.5 mm ..... subsp. hallii

11' Petals 2–6.5 mm; hypanthium 1–3 mm; style 2.1–6.5 mm ..... subsp. pallida

10' Plant not strigose, ± gray or not

12. Fruit 0.7–0.9 mm wide; distal leaves narrowly 

ovate 

Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.

to ovate; stem 

ascending 

Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.

..... C. hirtella

12' Fruit 0.8–1.8 mm wide; distal leaves narrowly 

lanceolate 

Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip.

to narrowly ovate; stem ± 

erect 

Upright; vertically oriented.

or 

decumbent 

lying mostly flat on the ground but with tips curving up.

13. Distal leaves generally narrowly lanceolate; inflorescence hairs generally nonglandular ..... C. micrantha

13' Distal leaves lanceolate to narrowly ovate; inflorescence generally with glandular hairs

14. Plant ± gray with 

spreading 

Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.

hairs; hypanthium 2–3.8 mm; sepals 3.2–8 mm ..... C. confusa

14' Plant with spreading hairs, but not conspicuously ± gray; hypanthium 1.2–2 mm; sepals 1–2.5 mm ..... C. intermedia

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