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Cienega Seca flowery puncturebract, Cienega Seca oxytheca

Habit Plants erect, 0.5–4 dm.
Stems

slender, 3–8 cm.

Leaf

blades 1–3.5 cm.

Inflorescences

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

Peduncles

0.5–2(–3.5) cm.

In

-volucres: awns 7–10, ivory-colored, (3–)4–5 mm.

Acanthoscyphus parishii var. cienegensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Sandy flats and slopes, montane conifer forests
Elevation 2100-2500 m (6900-8200 ft)
Distribution
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CA
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Discussion

Variety cienegensis is known only from the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County.

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

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