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Cushenbury flowery puncturebract, Cushenbury oxytheca

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Abrams' flowery puncturebract, Abrams' oxytheca

Habit Plants erect or spreading, 0.5–3 dm. Plants erect or spreading, 1–3 dm.
Stems

slender, (1.5–)2–6 cm.

slender, 1–3(–7) cm.

Leaf

blades 1–3 cm.

blades 1–3(–5) cm.

Inflorescences

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

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

Peduncles

0.3–1.5(–2) cm.

0.8–2 cm.

Involucres

awns 4(–5), ivory colored, 2–3 mm.

awns 7–16, dark red, 3–4 mm.

Acanthoscyphus parishii var. goodmaniana

Acanthoscyphus parishii var. abramsii

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Sandy calcareous slopes, chaparral communities Sandy flats and slopes, chaparral communities, montane conifer woodlands
Elevation 1300-2300 m (4300-7500 ft) 1700-2000 m (5600-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
[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.)

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