Eremocarya lepida (A.Gray) Greene
Pittonia 1: 59 (1887)
Pronunciation: |
E-re-mo-cár-ya lé-pi-da |
Etymology: |
"elegant, graceful" |
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Basionym: Eritrichium micranthum Torrey var. lepidum A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 193. 1878 Homotypic synonyms: Krynitzkia micrantha (Torrey) A. Gray var. lepida A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 275. 1885 Eremocarya micrantha (Torrey) Greene var. lepida (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 545. 1916 Cryptantha micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnst. var. lepida (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 57. 1923 Cryptantha micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnst. subsp. lepida (A. Gray) K. Matthew & P. H. Raven, Madroño 16: 170. 1962 Heterotypic synonym: Eremocarya abramsiana Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 97] 4, Fam. 252: 77. 1931 |
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D. Cleveland s.n., USA: California, San Diego Co., San Diego |
See: Simpson, M. G., R. Dowdy, J. P. Rebman, R. B. Kelley, and L. M. Simpson. 2014. Recognition of two species in Eremocarya (Boraginaceae):
Evidence from fornix bodies, nutlets, corolla size, and biogeography. Madroño 61: 259–275.
Diagnostic Features:
Plant an annual, about as broad as tall; roots reddish; flowers bracteate; calyx aposepalous; corolla relatively broad, limb 1.5-4 mm wide, appendages conspicuous, yellow,
each with basal cluster of pendant, ellipsoid bodies; fornicular bodies present; nutlets lance-ovate, acuminate, 1.3-1.4 mm tall.
Holotype:
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Holotype: GH00097023
Distribution:
Left: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html).
COLOR KEY: Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare. Accessed 7 Dec 2012
Left: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium vouchers.
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Observed on 14 April 2019, Culp Valley, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, ca. 33.224705, -116.452718
Insect identified by Emile Fiesler as the bee-fly Conophorus fenestratus, Bombyliidae; it visited many flowers and is a likely pollinator.
Photographs by Chris McCarron
Exemplars:
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M.G. Simpson 3724, 24 April 2013 (SDSU20490)
United States, California, San Diego, McCain Valley, ca. 500 feet east of McCain Valley Road at ca. 1.5 miles north of I-8.
32.68801 -116.25845, 1074 meters elevation.
Note: clusters of stalked fornix bodies, even present as flower ages (lower right).
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M.G. Simpson 2816, 11 May 2007, SDSU17572
USA, California, San Diego County, Along Pacific Coast Trail. 2.0 miles south-southeast of Garnet Peak, Laguna Mountain range. 32.89833 -116.452, 1654 meters elevation.
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F.F. Gander 5123, 15 Apr 1938, SDSU05412
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M.G. Simpson 2369, 27 Apr 2003, SDSU17281
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M.G. Simpson 8VI94J, 8 Jun 1994, SDSU05431
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