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Ericameria nauseosa var. salicifolia

Ericameria nauseosa var. psilocarpa
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willowlike rabbitbrush
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smooth-fruit rabbitbrush
Habit Plants 60–120 cm. Plants 30–50 cm.
Stems

grayish to nearly green, leafy, loosely tomentose.

yellowish green, leafy, compactly tomentose.
Leaves

grayish green;

blades mostly 3–5-nerved, broadly linear, 40–90 × 3–6(–10) mm, faces tomentulose.

yellowish green;

blades 1-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate, 30–70 × 1–2 mm, faces glabrate.
Involucres

7.5–9.5(–10.5) mm.

8.5–12.2 mm.
Corollas

7.5–9.5 mm, tubes minutely puberulent, lobes 1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

style appendages longer than stigmatic portions.

8.6–9.6 mm, tubes sparsely hairy, lobes 1.3–1.5 mm, glabrous;

style appendages slightly longer than stigmatic portions.
Phyllaries

11–17, apices erect, obtuse, outer abaxial faces glabrous or with apical tufts of hairs, inner frequently glabrous.

15–18, apices erect, acute or acuminate to cuspidate, abaxial faces glabrous.
Cypselae

densely hairy;

pappi 7.5–7.6 mm.

glabrous;

pappi 6.8–9.1 mm.
2n

= 18.

Ericameria nauseosa var. salicifolia

Ericameria nauseosa var. psilocarpa
Phenology Flowering later summer–fall. Flowering later summer–fall.
Habitat Sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, mountain brush, and aspen communities Sagebrush and Elymus salinus communities
Elevation 1300–2900 m (4300–9500 ft) 1900–2300 m (6200–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety salicifolia is known from Cache to Sevier counties. Intermediates between var. salicifolia and var. graveolens have been observed.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Variety psilocarpa is apparently restricted to Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, and Wasatch counties in east-central Utah.

L. C. Anderson (1986b) excluded the name Ericameria nauseosa var. glareosa (M. E. Jones) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird [as Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. glareosus (M. E. Jones) H. M. Hall & Clements], because he had seen no herbarium or field material. Jones’s original description is sketchy; he mentioned its similarity to subsp. leiosperma. S. L. Welsh et al. (1987) noted the uncertain disposition of this taxon. A. Cronquist (1994) recognized C. nauseosus var. glareosus (M. E. Jones) H. M. Hall and placed C. nauseosus var. psilocarpus in synonymy, noting that it was equal to E. nauseosa var. glareosa (M. E. Jones) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird. Without more substantial documentation, use of var. psilocarpa is preferred over var. glareosa, which we take to be of uncertain application.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 68. FNA vol. 20, p. 68.
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. hololeuca, 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. 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. nana, E. nauseosa var. nauseosa, E. nauseosa var. nitida, E. nauseosa var. oreophila, E. nauseosa var. salicifolia, E. nauseosa var. speciosa, E. nauseosa var. texensis, E. nauseosa var. turbinata, E. nauseosa var. washoensis
Synonyms Chrysothamnus salicifolius, Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. salicifolius Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. psilocarpus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. psilocarpus
Name authority (Rydberg) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 87. (1993) (S. F. Blake) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 87. (1993)
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