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common rabbitbrush, white rabbitbrush

Photo is of parent taxon

dwarf rabbitbrush, little rabbitbrush

Habit Plants 40–120 cm (pleasantly fragrant). Plants 10–30 cm.
Stems

whitish, leafy, densely to loosely tomentose.

whitish, leafy, loosely tomentose.

Leaves

whitish;

blades 1-nerved, filiform to linear, 10–35 × 1–2 mm, faces tomentose.

dark green to grayish;

blades 1-nerved, filiform to linear, 30–40 × 1–3 mm, faces compactly tomentose.

Involucres

7–9 mm.

8–13 mm.

Corollas

7–9.5 mm, tubes puberulent to cobwebby, lobes 0.5–1 mm, glabrous;

style appendages shorter than stigmatic portions.

7.5–10 mm, tubes glabrous or moderately hairy, lobes 1.6–2.5 mm, glabrous;

style appendages shorter than stigmatic portions.

Cypselae

densely hairy;

pappi 5.2–7.2 mm.

densely hairy;

pappi 5.2–9 mm.

Phyllarie(s)

14–16, apices erect, obtuse, abaxial faces tomentose.

14–18, apices erect, acute to obtuse, outer abaxial faces sparsely tomentose, inner glabrous.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca

Ericameria nauseosa var. nana

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Well-drained, gravelly or sandy slopes Dry, rocky ridges and cliffs
Elevation 100–2500 m (300–8200 ft) 1200–2000 m (3900–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; NM; NV; OR; UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
ID; OR; WA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 65. FNA vol. 20, p. 67.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria > Ericameria nauseosa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria > Ericameria nauseosa
Sibling taxa
E. nauseosa var. arenaria, E. nauseosa var. bernardina, E. nauseosa var. bigelovii, E. nauseosa var. ceruminosa, E. nauseosa var. graveolens, E. nauseosa var. iridis, E. nauseosa var. juncea, E. nauseosa var. latisquamea, E. nauseosa var. leiosperma, E. nauseosa var. mohavensis, E. nauseosa var. nana, E. nauseosa var. nauseosa, E. nauseosa var. nitida, E. nauseosa var. oreophila, E. nauseosa var. psilocarpa, E. nauseosa var. salicifolia, E. nauseosa var. speciosa, E. nauseosa var. texensis, E. nauseosa var. turbinata, E. nauseosa var. washoensis
E. nauseosa var. arenaria, E. nauseosa var. bernardina, E. nauseosa var. bigelovii, E. nauseosa var. ceruminosa, E. nauseosa var. graveolens, E. nauseosa var. hololeuca, E. nauseosa var. iridis, E. nauseosa var. juncea, E. nauseosa var. latisquamea, E. nauseosa var. leiosperma, E. nauseosa var. mohavensis, E. nauseosa var. nauseosa, E. nauseosa var. nitida, E. nauseosa var. oreophila, E. nauseosa var. psilocarpa, E. nauseosa var. salicifolia, E. nauseosa var. speciosa, E. nauseosa var. texensis, E. nauseosa var. turbinata, E. nauseosa var. washoensis
Synonyms Bigelowia graveolens var. hololeuca, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. hololeucus Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. nanus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. nanus
Name authority (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 86. (1993) (Cronquist) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 87. (1993)
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