Taraxia subacaulis (Northern Suncup, Long-Leaved Suncup)

7/7/07 Meadow off Hwy. 108W (Sonora Pass Hwy.), 

Left side of road just west of Sonora Pass Historical Marker, elevation 9,624' 

Sierra Nevada, Stanislaus National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Northern Suncup, Long-Leaved Suncup

SPECIES: Taraxia subacaulis

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/2007

LOCATION: Meadow off Hwy. 108W (Sonora Pass Hwy.), left side of road just west of Sonora Pass Historical Marker, elevation 9,624'. Sierra Nevada, Stanislaus National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant +- fleshy, +- glabrous. 

Leaf: blade 20--220 mm, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, +- entire to irregularly pinnately lobed, rarely sparsely and minutely strigose; petiole 10--120 mm. 

Flower: erect; hypanthium 1.5--3 mm; sepals 4.1--13 mm; petals 5--16 mm; sterile tip of ovary 15--80 mm. 

Fruit: 11--28 mm, linear-ovoid, 4-angled, barely swollen by seeds, +- straight or slightly curved, leathery; pedicel 0--10 mm. Seed: 1.3--1.9 mm, pitted, pale brown. 

Ecology: Moist meadows, generally clay soils; 

Elevation: 450--2600 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SN, GB; 

Distribution Outside California: to Washington, Montana, Colorado. Flowering Time: May--Jul 

Synonyms: Camissonia subacaulis (Pursh) P.H. Raven; Oenothera subacaulis (Pursh) Garrett; Oenothera subacaulis var. taraxacifolia (S. Watson) Jeps.; 

eFlora Treatment Author: Warren L. Wagner & Peter C. Hoch, family description, key to genera, treatment of genera by Warren L. Wagner