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Parry's rabbitbrush, Salmon River rabbitbrush

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low rabbitbrush, Parry's rabbitbrush

Habit Plants 30–60 cm. Plants 10–20 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, gray;

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

distalmost not overtopping arrays.

Involucres

10–12 mm.

10–12 mm.

Florets

(4–)5–6;

corollas pale yellow, 7.5–10 mm, tubes distally puberulent, 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

(11–)13–17(–19), chartaceous, outer herbaceous-tipped, apices erect, acuminate (glabrous, viscidulous).

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

Heads

usually 4–8 in lax (much branched), racemiform to cymiform-paniculiform arrays.

usually 3–5 in ± racemiform arrays.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria parryi var. salmonensis

Ericameria parryi var. imula

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Barren, rocky soils Dry flats and yellow-pine forests
Elevation 1400–1800 m (4600–5900 ft) 2000–2200 m (6600–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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.)

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. 75. 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. nevadensis, E. parryi var. parryi, 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 Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. salmonensis Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. imulus
Name authority (L. C. Anderson) 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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