Psilocarphus brevissimus |
Psilocarphus oregonus |
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dwarf woolly-heads, dwarf woolly-marbles, Robbin's pondweed, short woollyheads, woolly marbles |
Oregon woolly marbles, Oregon woolly-heads, Oregon woollyheads or woolly marbles, woolly marbles |
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Habit | Plants greenish to grayish, sericeous to densely lanuginose. | Plants silvery to whitish, densely sericeous to somewhat lanuginose. | ||||
Stems | (1–)2–10, erect to prostrate; proximal internode lengths mostly 0.5–1.5(–2) times leaf lengths. |
(1–)2–10, ascending to ± prostrate; proximal internode lengths mostly 0.5–1.5(–2) times leaf lengths. |
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Receptacles | unlobed or ± lobed. |
unlobed. |
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Heads | ± spheric, rarely ovoid, largest 6–14 mm. |
± spheric, largest 4–6 mm. |
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Cypselae | narrowly obovoid, ± compressed, 0.8–1.9 mm. |
narrowly ± cylindric, terete, 0.6–1.2 mm. |
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Capitular | leaves ± erect, appressed to heads (sometimes spreading), linear-lanceolate to ovate, widest in proximal 2/3, longest 8–25 mm, lengths mostly 1.5–6 times widths, 1–2.5(–3) times head heights. |
leaves ± erect, appressed to heads, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, widest in distal 2/3, longest 12–20 mm, lengths mostly 6–12 times widths, (3–)3.5–5 times head heights. |
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Pistillate | paleae hidden by or visible through indument, longest 2.8–4 mm (lengths 1.5–6 times longest diams.; wings subapical to ± median). |
paleae individually visible through indument, longest mostly 1.5–2.7 mm. |
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Staminate | corollas 0.8–1.6 mm, lobes mostly 5. |
corollas 0.7–1.4 mm, lobes mostly 4. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Psilocarphus brevissimus |
Psilocarphus oregonus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting late Mar–mid Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Seasonally inundated or flooded clay soils (vernal pool margins, drainages, moist rocky slopes) | |||||
Elevation | 10–1800(–2400) m (0–5900(–7900) ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK; s South America
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CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Psilocarphus oregonus occurs from west-central California through most of Oregon to southeastern Washington, western Idaho, and northern Nevada. Relatively narrow-leaved, montane forms of P. tenellus account for reports of P. oregonus from the southern Sierra Nevada to Baja California; further study may show these to be intermediates between the two taxa. A malformed plant collected in Merced County, California, appears to have been a sterile hybrid between P. oregonus and Hesperevax caulescens (J. D. Morefield 1992c). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 458. | FNA vol. 19, p. 459. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Psilocarphus | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Psilocarphus | ||||
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Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 340. (1840) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 341. (1840) | ||||
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