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Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. sapphirinum

SAPPHIRE WOOLLY-STAR


Higher Taxonomy
Family: PolemoniaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: PHLOX FAMILY
Habit: Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine. Leaf: simple or compound, cauline (or most basal), alternate or opposite; stipules 0. Inflorescence: cymes, heads, clusters, or flower 1; bracts in involucres or not. Flower: sepals generally 5, fused at base, translucent membrane generally connecting lobes, torn by fruit; corolla generally 5-lobed, radial or bilateral, salverform to bell-shaped, throat often well defined; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, attached at >= 1 level, filaments of >= 1 length, pollen white, yellow, blue, or red; ovary superior, chambers generally 3, style 1, stigmas generally 3. Fruit: capsule. Seed: 1--many, when wetted swelling or not, gelatinous or not.
Genera In Family: 26 genera, 314 species: America, northern Europe, northern Asia; some cultivated (Cantua, Cobaea (cup-and-saucer vine), Collomia, Gilia, Ipomopsis, Linanthus, Phlox). Note: Leptodactylon moved to Linanthus.
eFlora Treatment Author: Robert W. Patterson, family description, key to genera, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Robert W. Patterson, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Genus: EriastrumView DescriptionDichotomous Key

Common Name: WOOLLY-STAR
Habit: Annual, perennial, or subshrub; often woolly, glandular or not. Stem: generally erect, branching from base or above, sometimes unbranched. Leaf: cauline, alternate, entire to pinnately lobed; lobes generally linear or lanceolate. Inflorescence: terminal, head-like or flower occasionally 1, bracted, lightly to densely woolly; bracts leaf-like; flowers sessile or subsessile. Flower: calyx lobes equal to unequal, lightly to densely woolly, sometimes glandular-puberulent; corolla funnel-shaped to salverform, radial or bilateral, white or blue to purple or yellow; stamens fused to corolla at base, equal or unequal, anthers sagittate, pollen white to blue; ovary 3-chambered, style included or exserted, stigma 3-lobed. Fruit: capsule loculicidal. Seed: 1--11 per chamber.
Etymology: (Greek: woolly star)
eFlora Treatment Author: Sarah J. De Groot
Reference: De Groot 2016 Aliso 34(2):25--152.
Species: Eriastrum sapphirinumView Description 


Common Name: SAPPHIRE WOOLLY-STAR
Habit: Annual, 3--54 cm, erect to spreading, simple or branched from base or above. Stem: herbage viscid-glandular-hairy on upper stems or throughout, subglabrous to white-woolly, often subglabrous in age. Leaf: 4--44(55) mm, glabrous to woolly, glandular or not, entire to 5-(rarely 7-)lobed near base, lobes linear. Inflorescence: heads terminal (rarely axillary), generally 1 per branch, subglabrous to densely woolly, 1--12-flowered, peduncles generally glandular; bracts glandular, sparsely to densely woolly. Flower: calyx 4--8.5 mm, glandular-puberulent, lightly to densely woolly, lobes subequal to unequal; corolla 7--15 mm, broadly funnel-shaped to sub-salverform, radial to somewhat bilateral, tube 2.3--6.1 mm, +- 1/4 or 1/3 corolla length, white to light purple or blue, throat 0.5--3.5 mm, sometimes asymmetric with upper side > lower from differing heights of sinuses, white to purple, sometimes with yellow patches or dots, tube + throat 3--7.7 mm, lobes 3.5--8.3(10) mm, +- 1/3 to almost 2/3 corolla length, lavender, dark to pale blue, white, cream, or occasionally pale yellow, veins sometimes darker, often with dark blue or purple or reddish spots or streaks, abaxial lobes sometimes pale yellow; stamens exserted +- 2.3--5.9(7) mm past corolla sinuses, +- 2.0 mm < corolla lobes to +- 1 mm longer, attached (0.3)0.7--4 mm below sinuses, free portion 5--10 mm, equal to unequal, filaments white to blue to purple, bases sometimes yellow, anthers 1.5--3.25 mm; pistil 8--13 mm, equal to or slightly > stamens, ovules (1)2--7 per ovary chamber. Fruit: capsule 3--5 mm, broadly elliptic, seeds generally 1--4 per chamber, other ovules present but abortive. Seed: +- 1.2--2.4 mm, tan to gray-brown, elliptic to angular.

Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason subsp. sapphirinum
NATIVE
Habit: Annual, 3--35 cm, erect, openly branched from base or above. Stem: slender, glandular-hairy throughout, subglabrous to sparsely woolly. Leaf: 4--44(50) mm, subglabrous to sparsely woolly, entire to 3(rarely 5)-lobed. Inflorescence: heads subglabrous to lightly woolly, 1--4-flowered, peduncles glandular-hairy; bracts glandular-hairy, sparsely woolly. Flower: calyx 5.5--8.5 mm, glandular-hairy, lightly woolly, lobes subequal to unequal; corolla (8)10.5--15 mm, broadly funnel-shaped to sub-salverform, radial to slightly bilateral, tube 2.3--4.1 mm, +- 1/4 to 1/3 corolla length, white, throat 1--3.5 mm, white generally with yellow patches or dots, sometimes asymmetric, tube + throat (3.4)4.8--6.9 mm, slightly exceeding calyx lobes, corolla lobes 5.4--8.3(10) mm, +- 1/2 to almost 2/3 corolla length, sapphire- or light-blue or bluish-lavender, veins sometimes darker, often with dark purplish spots or streaks near lobe bases, lobes often yellow and white more proximally; stamens exserted +- 3.6--5.9(7) mm past corolla sinuses, +- 1 mm < corolla lobes, attached 1.6--4 mm below sinuses, free portion 5.5--10 mm, unequal, anthers 2--3.25 mm; pistil 9.5--12.5 mm, +- equal to or > stamens, ovules 3--6(7) per ovary chamber. Fruit: capsule +- 3--5 mm, broadly elliptic, seeds generally 1--2 per chamber, other ovules present but abortive. Seed: +- 1.8--2.4 mm, tan, elliptic to angular.
Ecology: Open areas on flats, gentle slopes, banks, disturbed areas, in grassland, savannah, scrub, mixed woodland; Elevation: 350--2650 m. Bioregional Distribution: SW (exc ChI); Distribution Outside California: Baja California. Flowering Time: May--Aug(Sep)
Synonyms: Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. gymnocephalum (Brand) H. Mason
Jepson eFlora Author: Sarah J. De Groot
Reference: De Groot 2016 Aliso 34(2):25--152.
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Citation for this treatment: Sarah J. De Groot 2023, Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. sapphirinum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 12, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=50340, accessed on December 03, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 03, 2024.

Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. sapphirinum
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Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. sapphirinum
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Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. sapphirinum
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Eriastrum sapphirinum subsp. sapphirinum
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