Chaenactis nevii |
Chaenactis evermannii |
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John Day pincushion, John Day's pincushion, Nevius' chaenactis |
Evermann's pincushion |
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Habit | Plants 10–30 cm; proximal indument greenish to grayish, stipitate-glandular and, sometimes, sparsely arachnoid or villous. | Perennials, mostly 6–12 cm (cespitose or ± matted); proximal indument thinning with age, grayish, mostly arachnoid-sericeous to thinly lanuginose. |
Stems | mostly 1–3; branches mainly distal. |
mostly 5–20+, ascending to erect. |
Leaves | basal (withering) and cauline, 2–5 cm; largest blades ± elliptic, ± plane to 3-dimensional, not succulent, 1–2-pinnately lobed; primary lobes mostly 3–8 pairs, ± remote, ultimate lobes ± plane to involute. |
basal, 1–5 cm; largest blades broadly ± elliptic, ± plane, 1-pinnately lobed; lobes 2–5 pairs, remote, ± plane. |
Peduncles | 1–6 cm, distally stipitate-glandular and, sometimes, ± arachnoid to villous. |
mostly ascending to erect, 5–10 cm. |
Involucres | ± hemispheric to campanulate. |
± obconic. |
Florets | corollas bright yellow, 4–6.5 mm; peripheral corollas ± erect, actinomorphic, scarcely enlarged. |
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Corollas | 5–6.5 mm. |
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Phyllaries | longest 6–9 mm; outer predominantly stipitate-glandular and, sometimes, ± arachnoid to villous in fruit, apices ± erect, acute, rigid. |
longest 8–12 mm; outer predominantly closely lanuginose, sparsely, if at all, stipitate-glandular, apices erect, ± rigid. |
Heads | mostly 3–9 per stem. |
1(–3) per stem. |
Cypselae | 3.5–6 mm (compressed); pappi 0 or coroniform (of ± 10 scales, longest 0.1–0.5 mm). |
5–6.5 mm (eglandular); pappi: longest scales 2.5–4.5 mm (lengths 0.4–0.8 times corollas). |
2n | = 12. |
= 12. |
Chaenactis nevii |
Chaenactis evermannii |
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Phenology | Flowering late Apr–mid July. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Nearly barren, heavy clay soils from volcanic ash and tuff, sometimes disturbed or moist sites | Subalpine, usually decomposing granitic sand or gravel slopes, ridges, scree, talus, openings in or above conifer forests |
Elevation | 400–1000 m (1300–3300 ft) | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft) |
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Discussion | Chaenactis nevii is known from the John Day Basin area in Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Wasco, and Wheeler counties. This odd and isolated species combines traits of C. artemisiifolia (sect. Acarphaea) and C. glabriuscula, and might be descended from their common ancestor. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Chaenactis evermannii is known from mountains of central Idaho. Reports of it from Washington and California/Nevada (P. Stockwell 1940, some as C. nevadensis var. mainsiana) were based on specimens of C. thompsonii and C. alpigena, respectively; all three species are closely related. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 411. | FNA vol. 21, p. 408. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Chaenactis > sect. Chaenactis | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Chaenactis > sect. Macrocarphus |
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Synonyms | C. nevadensis var. mainsiana | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer Acad. Arts 19: 30. (1883) | Greene: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 224. (1912) |
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