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Chorizanthe parryi var. parryi
Photo is of parent taxon

Parry's spineflower, San Bernardino spineflower
Involucral

awns uncinate.

Chorizanthe parryi var. parryi
Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Sandy soil on flats and foothills, mixed grassland and chaparral communities
Elevation 90-800(-1300) m (300-2600(-4300) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety parryi is known today only from scattered populations in the foothills of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto mountains. Much of its native habitat was destroyed by development in the twentieth century.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 461.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Chorizanthe > subg. Amphietes > sect. Ptelosepala > Chorizanthe parryi
Sibling taxa
C. parryi var. fernandina
Name authority unknown
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