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Ericameria parryi var. latior

Ericameria parryi var. imula
Photo is of parent taxon

broadleaf rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush, wideleaf rabbitbrush
Photo is of parent taxon

low rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush
Habit Plants 30–100 cm. Plants 10–20 cm.
Leaves

crowded, green;

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

distalmost shorter than arrays.

crowded, gray;

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

distalmost not overtopping arrays.
Involucres

12–14 mm.

10–12 mm.
Florets

5–7;

corollas ca. 10 mm, tubes mostly glabrous, throats ± abruptly dilated, lobes about 2.5 mm.

10–18;

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

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

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

10+ in cymiform arrays.

usually 3–5 in ± racemiform arrays.
2n

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. latior

Ericameria parryi var. imula
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Open pine and fir forests Dry flats and yellow-pine forests
Elevation 700–1900 m (2300–6200 ft) 2000–2200 m (6600–7200 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. 74. 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. 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
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
Synonyms Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. latior Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. imulus
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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