Ericameria parryi var. parryi |
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Parry's rabbitbrush |
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Habit | Plants 30–100 cm. |
Leaves | usually crowded, green; blades 3-nerved (only midnerves prominent), linear, 30–80 × 2–3 mm, faces glabrous or puberulent, often minutely stipitate-glandular, ± resinous; distalmost overtopping arrays. |
Involucres | 9–12 mm. |
Florets | 8–20; corollas yellow, 7.9–10 mm, tubes sparsely hairy, throats gradually dilated, lobes 1.4–2.1 mm. |
Phyllaries | 10–15, mostly chartaceous, outermost sometimes herbaceous-tipped, apices erect, attenuate. |
Heads | usually 5–12+ in racemiform arrays. |
2n | = 18. |
Ericameria parryi var. parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Open, dry hillsides and plains |
Elevation | 2000–2900 m (6600–9500 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; NM; NV; UT; WY |
Discussion | Variety parryi is widespread in the Rocky Mountain region. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 75. |
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Name authority | unknown |
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