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Abrams' flowery puncturebract, Abrams' oxytheca

Habit Plants erect or spreading, 1–3 dm.
Stems

slender, 1–3(–7) cm.

Leaf

blades 1–3(–5) cm.

Inflorescences

bracts (2–)3, triangular, awns 0.5–1.5 mm.

Peduncles

0.8–2 cm.

Involucres

awns 7–16, dark red, 3–4 mm.

Acanthoscyphus parishii var. abramsii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Sandy flats and slopes, chaparral communities, montane conifer woodlands
Elevation 1700-2000 m (5600-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Variety abramsii is known only from the San Rafael Mountains, Topatopa Mountain, and Mount Pinos, in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 5, p. 439.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Acanthoscyphus > Acanthoscyphus parishii
Sibling taxa
A. parishii var. cienegensis, A. parishii var. goodmaniana, A. parishii var. parishii
Synonyms Oxytheca abramsii, Eriogonum abramsii, Oxytheca parishii subsp. abramsii, Oxytheca parishii var. abramsii
Name authority (E. A. McGregor) Reveal: Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. (2004)
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