Tetradymia glabrata |
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littleleaf horsebrush |
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Habit | Plants 2–12 dm, not rhizomatous. |
Stems | unarmed, densely tomentose with glabrate stripes. |
Involucres | turbinate, 7–10 mm. |
Florets | 4; corollas 6–10 mm, yellow, rarely cream. |
Phyllaries | 4(5); surfaces glabrous to tomentose. |
Fruits | 2.5–3.5 mm; hirsute, pappi of 100–140 bristles, 6–10 mm. |
Heads | 3–7. |
Primary leaves | narrowly awl-shaped, 4–18 mm; surfaces glabrous to sparsely floccose. |
Secondary leaves | filiform to linear, 2–13 mm; surfaces glabrous. |
2n | =60, 62, 120, 180. |
Tetradymia glabrata |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Sagebrush, juniper forests. Flowering May–Jul. 700–1700 m. BR, Owy. CA, ID, NV; southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 362 Stephen Meyers |
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