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Ericameria parryi var. nevadensis

Ericameria parryi var. affinis
Photo is of parent taxon

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

Parry's rabbitbrush
Habit Plants 20–60 cm. Plants 15–60 cm.
Leaves

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.

crowded, greenish yellow;

blades 1-nerved, linear, 25–40 × 1–3 mm, faces tomentulose, eglandular;

distalmost shorter than arrays.
Involucres

11–15 mm.

10.5–13 mm.
Florets

4–6;

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

5–8;

corollas pale yellow, 8–9.1 mm, tubes glabrous or puberulent, throats abruptly dilated, lobes 0.7–1 mm.
Phyllaries

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

12–15, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, otherwise chartaceous, apices erect (tan or greenish), attenuate.
Heads

5–10+ in racemiform to narrowly paniculiform arrays.

5–10+ in racemiform arrays.
2n

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. nevadensis

Ericameria parryi var. affinis
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Scrub, open yellow-pine forests, rarely on serpentine Mountain slopes, clay or gravelly soils
Elevation 1100–3300 m (3600–10800 ft) 1600–2500 m (5200–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; OR; UT
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from FNA
AZ; NM; UT
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 74. FNA vol. 20, p. 72.
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. latior, E. parryi var. monocephala, E. parryi var. montana, E. parryi var. parryi, E. parryi var. salmonensis, E. parryi var. vulcanica
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. nevadensis, E. parryi var. parryi, E. parryi var. salmonensis, E. parryi var. vulcanica
Synonyms Linosyris howardii var. nevadensis, Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. nevadensis Chrysothamnus affinis, Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. affinis, Chrysothamnus parryi var. affinis
Name authority (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 89. (1993) (A. Nelson) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird: Phytologia 75: 88. (1993)
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