Chylismia brevipes (A.Gray) Small

Species

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Characteristics

An annual herb. It grows 50 cm tall. The stems are hairy. The leaves are at the base. The flowers are bright yellow. The fruit are hanging capsules several cm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in the desert. It grows up to 1,300 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves pods roots seeds shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Chylismia brevipes habit picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Chylismia brevipes world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611426-1
WFO ID wfo-0000604241
COL ID V48M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Oenothera brevipes Oenothera divaricata Chylismia brevipes Camissonia brevipes

Lower taxons

Chylismia brevipes subsp. arizonica Chylismia brevipes subsp. pallidula