Tetradymia nuttallii |
Tetradymia canescens |
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gray horsebrush, spineless horsebrush |
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Habit | Plants 1–8 dm; not rhizomatous. | |
Stems | unarmed, densely tomentose with glabrate or floccose stripes. |
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Involucres | turbinate to cylindric, 6–10 mm. |
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Florets | 4(5); corollas 5–15 mm, yellow, rarely cream. |
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Phyllaries | 4(5), lanceolate to oblong; surfaces tomentose. |
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Fruits | 3–5 mm, glabrous to hirsute, pappi of 100–150 bristles, 6–10 mm. |
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Heads | 3–8. |
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Primary leaves | lanceolate to oblanceolate, 7–40 mm; surfaces tomentose to sericeous. |
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Secondary leaves | similar to primary, 2–20 mm. |
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2n | =60, 62, 90, 120. |
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Tetradymia nuttallii |
Tetradymia canescens |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Sagebrush, juniper forests, pine forests. Flowering May–Aug. 300–2100 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 362 Stephen Meyers |
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