Parish’s drymocallis or wood beauty

Drymocallis viscida Parish, Bot. Gaz. 38: 460. 1904

Stems (1.5–)2–6.5 dm, base 1–4 mm diam. Leaves: basal (3–)6–20 cm, leaflet pairs 2–3(–4), terminal leaflet obovate to rhombic-elliptic, (1–)2–4 × 1–2.5 cm, teeth single or double, 4–9 per side, apex rounded to obtuse; cauline moderately developed, leaflet pairs 2–3. Inflorescences (2–)5–30-flowered, not leafy, narrow, branch angles 15–30(–40)°. Pedicels 2–10 (proximal to 20) mm. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic, (1.5–)2–3(–4.5) × 0.7–1.1(–1.5) mm; sepals reflexed, 4–6(–8) mm, apex obtuse to acute; petals reflexed, yellow, narrowly obovate-elliptic, 2–4(–5) × 1.5–2.5 mm; filaments 0.5–1.5(–2) mm. Achenes 0.9–1 mm.

Flowering Jun–Aug. Moist openings, montane forest; 1100–2500 m; Calif.

Variety viscida is provisionally resurrected to accommodate plants in the mountains of southern California that combine the flowers and vestiture of var. reflexa with the narrow inflorescences and frequently single-toothed leaflets of Drymocallis lactea var. lactea.