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Cushenbury flowery puncturebract, Cushenbury oxytheca

Habit Plants erect or spreading, 0.5–3 dm.
Stems

slender, (1.5–)2–6 cm.

Leaf

blades 1–3 cm.

Inflorescences

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

Peduncles

0.3–1.5(–2) cm.

Involucres

awns 4(–5), ivory colored, 2–3 mm.

Acanthoscyphus parishii var. goodmaniana

Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Sandy calcareous slopes, chaparral communities
Elevation 1300-2300 m (4300-7500 ft)
Distribution
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CA
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Discussion

Variety goodmaniana is known only from the northeastern slope of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County. The name Oxytheca watsonii was misapplied to this taxon in the pre-1980 California literature.

(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. cienegensis, A. parishii var. parishii
Synonyms Oxytheca parishii var. goodmaniana
Name authority (Ertter) Reveal: Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. (2004)
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