Collinsia heterophylla var. austromontana

(Newsom) Munz

Man. S. Calif. Bot., 464, 600. 1935.

Common names: Downy Chinese-houses
Endemic
Basionym: Collinsia bicolor var. austromontana Newsom Bot. Gaz. 87: 277. 1929
Synonyms: C. austromontana (Newsom) Pennell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 74.

Leaf-blades: abaxial surface sparsely hairy. Flowers: corolla 10–15 (–18) mm, banner length 0.6–0.8 times wings, reflexed portion 2–3 times basal portion.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul(–Aug).
Habitat: Chaparral, mixed woodlands.
Elevation: 300–1700 m.

Discussion

Variety austromontana is narrowly distributed in the Transverse and northern Peninsular ranges of southern California; its range does not overlap with that of var. heterophylla. The defining characteristics, reduction of the banner and hairiness of the abaxial leaf surface, vary. Some plants (with banner size near the limit for var. austromontana and limited leaf hairiness) might be misidentified as var. heterophylla.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Michael S. Park +
(Newsom) Munz +
0.6-0.8 times wings +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Collinsia bicolor var. austromontana +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
Downy Chinese-houses +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
spreading;reflexed +
linear +  and lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
drupe-like +
300–1700 m. +
curved +  and straight +
hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 4 +
acute +, linear +  and ovate +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Chaparral, mixed woodlands. +
terminal +  and axillary +
hairy +  and glabrous +
white-hairy +  and glabrous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
lanceolate-deltate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
deltate;ovate +
2-7-flowered +
4-locular +, 1-locular +  and 2-locular +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
ascending +  and spreading +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Jul(–Aug). +
2-3 times basal portion +
Man. S. Calif. Bot., +
minute +
cinnamon red +, brown +  and reddish-brown +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
cupshaped +  and campanulate +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
erect;ascending +
hairy +  and glabrous +
C. austromontana +
Collinsia heterophylla var. austromontana +
Collinsia heterophylla +
variety +
darker red +
gibbous +  and saccate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
biennial +, perennial +  and annual +
2 +  and 7 +
whitish +  and rose-purple +