Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. copelandii

(Eastwood) T. I. Chuang & Heckard

Syst. Bot. 17: 576. 1992.

Common names: Copeland’s owl’s-clover
Endemic
Basionym: Orthocarpus copelandii Eastwood Bot. Gaz. 41: 288, fig. 1. 1906
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 682.

Flowers: corolla 14–18 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip 5–6 mm, pouches 3 mm deep.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Open, grassy or rocky slopes.
Elevation: 1200–2500 m.

Discussion

In California, subsp. copelandii is known from the Klamath Ranges, High North Coast Ranges, Cascade Ranges, and northern High Sierra Nevada plus in southwestern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
rounded +  and galeate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
retuse +  and obtuse +
Kerry A. Barringer +
(Eastwood) T. I. Chuang & Heckard +
Orthocarpus copelandii +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
tubular +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Copeland’s owl’s-clover +
white +, yellow +  and purple-pink +
gibbous +  and club--shaped +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
1200–2500 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Open, grassy or rocky slopes. +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
deciduous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
triangular +
3-lobed +  and entire +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
dark-brown +
1 +  and 12 +
not ridged +, ovoid +  and reniform +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
erect +  and ascending +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
not fleshy +
not expanded +
Orthocarpus pachystachyus var. cuspidatus +
Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. copelandii +
Orthocarpus cuspidatus +
subspecies +
not bearded +
not hooked +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +