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low rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush

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Howard's rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush

Habit Plants 10–20 cm. Plants 30–60 cm.
Leaves

crowded, gray;

blades 1-nerved, spatulate to linear-spatulate, 10–15 × 2–3 mm, faces densely tomentose, eglandular;

distalmost not overtopping arrays.

crowded, gray;

blades 1-nerved, linear, 20–40 × ca. 1 mm, faces tomentose, eglandular;

distalmost overtopping arrays.

Involucres

10–12 mm.

9.5–12 mm.

Florets

10–18;

corollas 10–12 mm, tubes glabrous or sparsely villous, throats ± abruptly dilated, lobes 1.4–1.5 mm.

5–7;

corollas pale yellow, 8–10.7 mm, tubes hairy, throats gradually dilated, lobes 1.2–1.7 mm.

Phyllaries

ca. 16, chartaceous, apices erect (outer sometimes herbaceous, reddish), abruptly acute.

12–20, mostly chartaceous, apices spreading, acuminate.

Heads

usually 3–5 in ± racemiform arrays.

5–10+ in compact, racemiform arrays, or terminal glomerules.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. imula

Ericameria parryi var. howardii

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Dry flats and yellow-pine forests Upland slopes, tablelands
Elevation 2000–2200 m (6600–7200 ft) 200–2900 m (700–9500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AZ; CO; NE; NM; UT; WY
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety imula is known only from southern San Bernardino County.

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

Variety howardii grows within and east of the Rocky Mountains.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 73. FNA vol. 20, p. 73.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria > Ericameria parryi Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria > Ericameria parryi
Sibling taxa
E. parryi var. affinis, E. parryi var. aspera, E. parryi var. attenuata, E. parryi var. howardii, E. parryi var. latior, E. parryi var. monocephala, E. parryi var. montana, E. parryi var. nevadensis, E. parryi var. parryi, E. parryi var. salmonensis, E. parryi var. vulcanica
E. parryi var. affinis, E. parryi var. aspera, E. parryi var. attenuata, E. parryi var. imula, E. parryi var. latior, E. parryi var. monocephala, E. parryi var. montana, E. parryi var. nevadensis, E. parryi var. parryi, E. parryi var. salmonensis, E. parryi var. vulcanica
Synonyms Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. imulus Linosyris howardii, Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. howardii
Name authority (H. M. Hall & Clements) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 89. (1993) (Parry ex A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 88. (1993)
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