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Leptosiphon croceus
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Photographer: Aaron Schusteff
ID: 0000 0000 0512 1723 (2012-05-23)Copyright © 2012 Aaron Schusteff
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo May 20, 2012
location
Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz County, California, US)family
Polemoniaceae
notes Frontal view of three corollas from a very distinctive population of Leptosiphon parviflorus long known (and celebrated/championed :-) by Santa Cruz naturalist Randy Morgan. The corolla limbs are the deep-orange of California Poppies, with a pair of red dots at the base of each lobe. The corolla tubes are very long...up to 5cm. Although, in general, flower color pattern in L. parviflorus is highly variable...with yellow, pink, and/or white corolla variants, often mixed within a single population...this rare entity is fairly uniform in color throughout its very localized population. It appears to have close affinities to the equally rare coastal species Leptosiphon croceus, originally described as Linanthus croceus by Alice Eastwood in 1904 (see isotype image here). Indeed there is a 1941 UC Davis Herbarium specimen record which presumably refers to this same Boulder Creek population as Linanthus androsaceus var. croceus, a previous name for what is currently recognized as Leptosiphon croceus. photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)View Calflora record for Leptosiphon croceusView all photos in CalPhotos of Leptosiphon croceus Check Google Images for Leptosiphon croceus |
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1. | Reviewed by Randall Morgan Nov 16, 2012 |
| Action: changed name from "Leptosiphon parviflorus" to "Leptosiphon croceus s. lat.
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| Reviewer's comments: | | | "Thank you Aaron for documenting and explaining this (so far) one-of-a-kind form. The color is more orange-yellow than the nominate form and the corolla limb is smaller and the tube longer, but you would expect that of an inland vs coastal race. Same comments and ID apply to whole series." |
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