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chaffbush, eytelia, Fremont's chaff bush

Leaves

3–11 mm.

Cypselae

(ray) 3 mm

Amphipappus fremontii

Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Young twigs, peduncles, and leaves glabrous
var. fremontii
1. Young twigs, peduncles, and leaves densely, hirtellous
var. spinosus
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 186.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Amphipappus
Subordinate taxa
A. fremontii var. fremontii, A. fremontii var. spinosus
Name authority Torrey & A. Gray: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 108. (1845)
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