Flora of North America species comparison

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Lepidospartum latisquamum

Lepidospartum squamatum

Nevada broomsage, scale broom

California broomsage, scalebroom
Habit Shrubs, 10–250 cm, broomlike. Shrubs or treelets, 10–250 cm, spreading or broomlike.
Flowering stems

pannose with glabrescent striae.

mostly glabrous.
Leaf

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

blades (flowering stems) scale-like, appressed, deltate, 2–3 mm.
Peduncles

0–5+ mm.

0–5+ mm.
Involucres

turbinate to cylindric, 6–8 mm.

turbinate, 4–7 mm.
Florets

4–6;

corollas 7.5–10 mm.

9–17;

corollas 5–9 mm.
Phyllaries

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

12–23, ovate to lanceolate, sparsely tomentose or glabrous.
Cypselae

5–6.5 mm, 5-nerved, densely pilose;

pappi 7–11 mm.

3.5–5 mm, 10–15-nerved, glabrous;

pappi 5–8 mm.
2n

= 60.

= 60, 90.

Lepidospartum latisquamum

Lepidospartum squamatum
Phenology Flowering late summer. Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat Sandy, gravelly soils, desert washes, fans Sandy, gravelly soils, washes, terraces
Elevation 1400–2500 m (4600–8200 ft) 30–1600 m (100–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; UT
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 633. FNA vol. 20, p. 634.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Lepidospartum Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Lepidospartum
Sibling taxa
L. burgessii, L. squamatum
L. burgessii, L. latisquamum
Synonyms Linosyris squamata, L. squamatum var. palmeri
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 133. (1890) (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 50. (1883)
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