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Chrysothamnus oreophilus

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Chrysothamnus oreophilus A. Nelson [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nelson, A.,
Related name
  • Chrysothamnus oreophilus
  • Bigelowia
  • Ericameria nauseosa
  • Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Common name
  • Great Basin rabbitbrush, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Ericameria nauseosa (Pallas ex Pursh) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird var. oreophila (A. Nelson) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 20,
Names
Ericameria nauseosa (Pallas ex Pursh) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird var. oreophila (A. Nelson) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird [family COMPOSITAE], Phytologia, 78: 64. 1995
Chrysothamnus oreophilus A. Nelson [family COMPOSITAE], Bot. Gaz., 28: 375. 1900
Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas ex Pursh) Britton var. artus (A. Nelson) Cronquist [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. consimilis (Greene) H. M. Hall & Clements [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis (Greene) H. M. Hall [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus A. Nelson [family COMPOSITAE]
Ericameria nauseosa var. arta (A. Nelson) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird [family COMPOSITAE]
Ericameria nauseosa subsp. consimilis (Greene) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Lowell E. Urbatsch
Loran C. Anderson
Roland P. Roberts
Kurt M. Neubig
Information
Plants 70–250 cm. Stems greenish, usually leafy, compactly tomentose. Leaves yellowish green; blades 1-nerved, filiform to linear, 20–50 × 0.8–1 mm, faces glabrate. Involucres 6.5–10 mm. Phyllaries 11–20, apices erect, acute, glabrous. Corollas 6–9 mm, tubes glabrous, lobes 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous; style appendages shorter than or equaling stigmatic portions. Cypselae hairy (sometimes glabrous in Idaho populations); pappi 4.2–7.6 mm. 2n = 18 (as Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. consimilis).
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
1200–3000 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Baja California).USA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA IdahoUSA Mont.USA Nev.USA N.Mex.USA Oreg.USA UtahUSA Wyo.
Discussion
The names Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. consimilis and var. consimilis (Ericameria nauseosa subsp. consimilis) have been used for this taxon; an equivalent combination has not been made at the varietal level in Ericameria. Variety oreophila intergrades with vars. mohavensis and speciosa.

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