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Ericameria parryi var. latior

Ericameria parryi var. nevadensis
Photo is of parent taxon

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

Nevada rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush
Habit Plants 30–100 cm. Plants 20–60 cm.
Leaves

crowded, green;

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

distalmost shorter than arrays.

moderately crowded, green to gray;

blades 1-nerved, linear, 15–40 × 0.5–3 mm, faces densely tomentulose, gland-dotted, resinous;

distalmost seldom overtopping arrays.
Involucres

12–14 mm.

11–15 mm.
Florets

5–7;

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

4–6;

corollas clear yellow, 9–10.5 mm, tubes glabrous or sparsely hairy, throats gradually dilated, lobes 1–1.5 mm.
Phyllaries

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

24–28, chartaceous, apices ± recurved (tan or greenish), attenuate.
Heads

10+ in cymiform arrays.

5–10+ in racemiform to narrowly paniculiform arrays.
2n

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. latior

Ericameria parryi var. nevadensis
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Open pine and fir forests Scrub, open yellow-pine forests, rarely on serpentine
Elevation 700–1900 m (2300–6200 ft) 1100–3300 m (3600–10800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; OR; UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

In California, var. nevadensis is found in the central and northern Sierra Nevada and in the Great Basin.

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