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Nevada rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush

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low rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush

Habit Plants 20–60 cm. Plants 10–20 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, gray;

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

distalmost not overtopping arrays.

Involucres

11–15 mm.

10–12 mm.

Florets

4–6;

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

10–18;

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

Phyllaries

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

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

Heads

5–10+ in racemiform to narrowly paniculiform arrays.

usually 3–5 in ± racemiform arrays.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. nevadensis

Ericameria parryi var. imula

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Scrub, open yellow-pine forests, rarely on serpentine Dry flats and yellow-pine forests
Elevation 1100–3300 m (3600–10800 ft) 2000–2200 m (6600–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; OR; UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[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.)

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. latior, E. parryi var. monocephala, E. parryi var. montana, 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 Linosyris howardii var. nevadensis, Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. nevadensis Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. imulus
Name authority (A. Gray) 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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