Flora of North America species comparison

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Goodmania luteola

golden goodmania, yellow spinecap, yellow spinecape
Habit Plants (0.3–)0.5–1.5 × (0.1–)0.3–1.5 dm.
Leaves

petiole (3–)10–20 mm;

proximal blades 2–5(–6) × 2–5(–7) mm, acerose, distal blades 3–5 × 0.5–1.5 mm, awn-tipped.
Flowers

0.8–1 mm.
Achenes

1–1.2 mm.
Involucral

bracts 2–5 mm;

awns 1–3 mm.

Goodmania luteola
Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Dry lake-beds, flats and sinks, and meadows in mixed grassland, saltbush, creosote bush, and sagebrush communities
Elevation 70-2200 m (200-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Goodmania luteola occurs in the southern San Joaquin Valley and on the northwestern edge of the Mojave Desert in California northward to Mono County. It also occurs in Alkali Valley, Mineral County, Nevada. It rapidly is becoming rare and frequently locally extirpated.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 433.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Goodmania
Synonyms Oxytheca luteola, Eriogonum spinescens
Name authority (Parry) Reveal & Ertter: Brittonia 28: 427. (1977)
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