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Chorizanthe subg. Eriogonella
Habit Plants erect, densely pubescent.
Stems

not disarticulating at each node.
Leaf

blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate.
Inflorescences

bracts usually 2, opposite, rarely in whorls of 3–5, connate, proximally leaflike, awn-tipped.
Involucres

urceolate, ventricose basally, 6-toothed, with broad, continuous, membranous margins;

teeth connate throughout their length, shallow, spreading, equal.
Flowers

1(–2);

perianth white to rose, densely pubescent;

stamens 9, adnate at base of floral tube;

filaments distinct.
Achenes

brown, 3-gonous, glabrous.
Seeds

embryo curved.

Chorizanthe subg. Eriogonella
Distribution
w United States
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 450.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Chorizanthe
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms subg. Eriogonella
Name authority (Goodman) Reveal & Hardham: Phytologia 66: 110. (1989)
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