Flora of North America species comparison

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Lepidospartum latisquamum

Nevada broomsage, scale broom
Habit Shrubs, 10–250 cm, broomlike.
Flowering stems

pannose with glabrescent striae.
Leaf

blades (flowering stems) filiform, 10–40 (× ca. 1) mm.
Peduncles

0–5+ mm.
Involucres

turbinate to cylindric, 6–8 mm.
Florets

4–6;

corollas 7.5–10 mm.
Phyllaries

8–13, lanceolate to ovate, tomentose, glabrescent.
Cypselae

5–6.5 mm, 5-nerved, densely pilose;

pappi 7–11 mm.
2n

= 60.

Lepidospartum latisquamum
Phenology Flowering late summer.
Habitat Sandy, gravelly soils, desert washes, fans
Elevation 1400–2500 m (4600–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; UT
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 633.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Lepidospartum
Sibling taxa
L. burgessii, L. squamatum
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 133. (1890)
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