Ericameria parryi var. salmonensis |
Ericameria parryi var. affinis |
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Parry's rabbitbrush, Salmon River rabbitbrush |
Parry's rabbitbrush |
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Habit | Plants 30–60 cm. | Plants 15–60 cm. |
Leaves | widely spaced, green; blades 1-nerved, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 30–50(–80) × 1–2(–3) mm, faces glabrous, viscidulous; distalmost overtopping arrays. |
crowded, greenish yellow; blades 1-nerved, linear, 25–40 × 1–3 mm, faces tomentulose, eglandular; distalmost shorter than arrays. |
Involucres | 10–12 mm. |
10.5–13 mm. |
Florets | (4–)5–6; corollas pale yellow, 7.5–10 mm, tubes distally puberulent, 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 | (11–)13–17(–19), chartaceous, outer herbaceous-tipped, apices erect, acuminate (glabrous, viscidulous). |
12–15, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, otherwise chartaceous, apices erect (tan or greenish), attenuate. |
Heads | usually 4–8 in lax (much branched), racemiform to cymiform-paniculiform arrays. |
5–10+ in racemiform arrays. |
2n | = 18. |
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Ericameria parryi var. salmonensis |
Ericameria parryi var. affinis |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Barren, rocky soils | Mountain slopes, clay or gravelly soils |
Elevation | 1400–1800 m (4600–5900 ft) | 1600–2500 m (5200–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID |
AZ; NM; UT |
Discussion | Variety salmonensis grows along the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and its tributaries. (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. 75. | FNA vol. 20, p. 72. |
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Synonyms | Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. salmonensis | Chrysothamnus affinis, Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. affinis, Chrysothamnus parryi var. affinis |
Name authority | (L. C. Anderson) 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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