Cirsium eatonii var. eatonii |
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Stems | ascending to erect, slender, 10–50 cm. |
Leaf | faces glabrous or nearly so. |
Involucres | 2–2.5 cm, thinly arachnoid-tomentose or glabrate, individual phyllaries evident. |
Corollas | purple, 17–26 mm, tubes 5–10 mm, throats 4.5–10.5 mm, lobes 5.5–7.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | sometimes suffused with dark purple; outer with few–many lateral spines; apical spines slender to stout. |
Heads | usually short-pedunculate, in erect, short, racemiform or spiciform arrays, rarely openly branched. |
Pappi | 15–19 mm. |
Cirsium eatonii var. eatonii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jul–Sep). |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, canyons, pinyon-juniper woodlands to alpine, montane coniferous forests, subalpine forests, alpine slopes |
Elevation | 2100–3500 m (6900–11500 ft) |
Distribution |
NV; UT |
Discussion | Variety eatonii is distributed on various of the sky islands in the Basin and Range province of Nevada and Utah. Habitats vary from shaded forest understory sites to forest openings or open exposed sites. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 151. |
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Synonyms | C. eatonii var. harrisonii |
Name authority | unknown |
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