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Abrams' flowery puncturebract, Abrams' oxytheca

flowery puncturebract, Parish's oxytheca

Habit Plants erect or spreading, 1–3 dm. Plants (0.5–)1–6 × 0.5–4 dm.
Stems

slender, 1–3(–7) cm.

Leaf

blades 1–3(–5) cm.

blades 1–7 × 0.5–2 cm.

Inflorescences

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

1–5 dm;

bracts 1–4(–10) × 0.5–3 mm, awns 0.2–1.5 mm.

Peduncles

0.8–2 cm.

(0.3–)1–5(–7.5) cm.

Involucres

awns 7–16, dark red, 3–4 mm.

1.5–2 mm, awns ivory or reddish, 2–5 mm.

Flowers

perianth 2–2.5 mm;

filaments 2–2.5 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.6 mm.

Achenes

1.7–2 mm.

Acanthoscyphus parishii var. abramsii

Acanthoscyphus parishii

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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s Calif
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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.)

Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Involucral awns 7-16, dark red, 3-4 mm; San Rafael Mountains, Topatopa Mountain, and Mount Pinos, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, California
var. abramsii
1. Involucral awns 4-36, ivory colored, 2-5 mm; San Bernardino and Ventura counties
→ 2
2. Involucral awns 4(-5), 2-3 mm; ne side of San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California
var. goodmaniana
2. Involucral awns 7-30(-36), 3-5 mm; se side of e San Bernardino County, and Ventura County, California
→ 3
3. Involucral awns (10-)13-30(-36); inflorescence bracts triangular, awns 0.2-0.5 mm; Pine Mountain, Ventura County, e to c San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California
var. parishii
3. Involucral awns 7-10; inflorescence bracts subulate, awns 0.5-1.5 mm; se side of e San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California
var. cienegensis
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 439. FNA vol. 5, p. 438.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Acanthoscyphus > Acanthoscyphus parishii Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Acanthoscyphus
Sibling taxa
A. parishii var. cienegensis, A. parishii var. goodmaniana, A. parishii var. parishii
Subordinate taxa
A. parishii var. abramsii, 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 Oxytheca parishii
Name authority (E. A. McGregor) Reveal: Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. (2004) (Parry) Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 53. (1898)
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