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Ericameria parryi var. imula

Ericameria parryi var. latior
Photo is of parent taxon

low rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush
Photo is of parent taxon

broadleaf rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush, wideleaf rabbitbrush
Habit Plants 10–20 cm. Plants 30–100 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, green;

blades 1–3-nerved, oblanceolate, 45–70 × 5–14 mm, faces glabrous or puberulent, gland-dotted;

distalmost shorter than arrays.
Involucres

10–12 mm.

12–14 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 ca. 10 mm, tubes mostly glabrous, throats ± abruptly dilated, lobes about 2.5 mm.
Phyllaries

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

11–15, chartaceous, apices erect or ± recurved, attenuate (mostly glabrous).
Heads

usually 3–5 in ± racemiform arrays.

10+ in cymiform arrays.
2n

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. imula

Ericameria parryi var. latior
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Dry flats and yellow-pine forests Open pine and fir forests
Elevation 2000–2200 m (6600–7200 ft) 700–1900 m (2300–6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety imula is known only from southern San Bernardino County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 73. FNA vol. 20, p. 74.
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. howardii, E. parryi var. imula, 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 Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. latior
Name authority (H. M. Hall & Clements) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 89. (1993) (H. M. Hall & Clements) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 89. (1993)
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