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Acanthoscyphus parishii var. goodmaniana

Acanthoscyphus parishii
Photo is of parent taxon

Cushenbury flowery puncturebract, Cushenbury oxytheca

flowery puncturebract, Parish's oxytheca
Habit Plants erect or spreading, 0.5–3 dm. Plants (0.5–)1–6 × 0.5–4 dm.
Stems

slender, (1.5–)2–6 cm.

Leaf

blades 1–3 cm.

blades 1–7 × 0.5–2 cm.
Inflorescences

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

1–5 dm;

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

0.3–1.5(–2) cm.

(0.3–)1–5(–7.5) cm.
Involucres

awns 4(–5), ivory colored, 2–3 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. goodmaniana

Acanthoscyphus parishii
Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Sandy calcareous slopes, chaparral communities
Elevation 1300-2300 m (4300-7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
s Calif
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
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.)

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. FNA vol. 5, p. 438.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Acanthoscyphus > Acanthoscyphus parishii Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Acanthoscyphus
Sibling taxa
A. parishii var. abramsii, A. parishii var. cienegensis, A. parishii var. parishii
Subordinate taxa
A. parishii var. abramsii, A. parishii var. cienegensis, A. parishii var. goodmaniana, A. parishii var. parishii
Synonyms Oxytheca parishii var. goodmaniana Oxytheca parishii
Name authority (Ertter) Reveal: Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. (2004) (Parry) Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 53. (1898)
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