Camissonia bairdii

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Camissonia
Species:
C. bairdii
Binomial name
Camissonia bairdii
S.L. Welsh

Camissonia bairdii is a plant species endemic to Washington County, Utah. It occurs in clay soil in pinyon-juniper woodlands.[3] The species is classified as critically imperiled.[4]

Camissonia bairdii is an annual herb up to 12 cm tall, with leaves mostly near the base, with glandular hairs. Leaves are mostly simple (unlobed and untoothed), up to 3 cm long. Flowers are in a short raceme at the ends of the branches, each raceme with up to 7 flowers. Flowers are nodding (hanging), up to 1 cm in diameter, yellow with red spots. Capsule is up to 5 cm long (longer than in most closely related species).[3][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer Camissonia bairdii". NatureServe Explorer Camissonia bairdii. Arlington Virginia, United States of America: NatureServe. 2022-06-03. NatureServe Element Code:PDONA031Q0. Retrieved 23 Jun 2022.
  2. ↑ Faber-Langendoen, D; Nichols, J; Master, L; Snow, K; Tomaino, A; Bittman, R; Hammerson, G; Heidel, B; Ramsay, L; Teucher, A; Young, B (2012). NatureServe Conservation Status Assessments: Methodology for Assigning Ranks (PDF) (Report). Arlington, Virginia, United States of America: NatureServe.
  3. 1 2 Welsh, Stanley Larson, & Goodrich, Sherel. 1993. New taxa and new nomenclatural combinations in the Utah flora. Rhodora 95(883–884): 392-421.
  4. ↑ NatureServe Explorer, Comprehensive Report
  5. ↑ Holmgren, Noel Herman, & Holmgren, Patricia Kern. 2012. Intermountain Flora 2(A): 68.
  6. ↑ Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich and L.C. Higgins. (Eds.) 2008. A Utah Flora. 4th edition, revised. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A. 1019 pp.
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