Acanthoscyphus parishii var. abramsii

(E. A. McGregor) Reveal

Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. 2004.

Common names: Abrams’s flowery puncturebract
Endemic
Basionym: Oxytheca abramsii E. A. McGregor Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 605, figs. 1, 2. 1909
Synonyms: Eriogonum abramsii (E. A. McGregor) S. Stokes Oxytheca parishii subsp. abramsii (E. A. McGregor) Munz Oxytheca parishii var. abramsii (E. A. McGregor) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 439. Mentioned on page 438.

Plants erect or spreading, 1–3 dm. Stems slender, 1–3 (–7) cm. Leaf-blades 1–3 (–5) cm. Inflorescences: bracts (2–) 3, triangular, awns 0.5–1.5 mm. Peduncles 0.8–2 cm. Involucres: awns 7–16, dark red, 3–4 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Sandy flats and slopes, chaparral communities, montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1700-2000 m

Discussion

Variety abramsii is known only from the San Rafael Mountains, Topatopa Mountain, and Mount Pinos, in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

dark-brown;deep maroon +
globose-lenticular +
red +  and maroon +
oblong +  and oval +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
James L. Reveal +
(E. A. McGregor) Reveal +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
stipelike +
Oxytheca abramsii +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
spatulate;oblong or oblanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
glandular +  and glabrous +
triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
disarticulating +  and dichotomous +
not brittle +
just below the soil surface or and above the soil surface +  and spreading +
Abrams’s flowery puncturebract +
1700-2000 m +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
disarticulating +  and solid +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
unwinged +  and winged +
black +, red +, brown +  and yellowish +
exserted +  and included +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
spheroidal +, 4-gonous +, lenticular +, biconvex +, discoid +, 3-gonous +  and 2-gonous +
Sandy flats and slopes, chaparral communities, montane conifer woodlands +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
connate +  and free +
turbinate +  and tubular +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
nonmembranous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
ciliate-denticulate +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
erect;deflexed +
erect to deflexed +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
white;rose occasionally greenish white +
hirsute +  and strigose +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
accrescent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
disarticulating +  and solid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
decumbent to spreading or erect +  and prostrate +
spreading +, erect to somewhat +  and arising +
not fistulose +
slender +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
penicillate +, fimbriate +  and capitate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-lobed +  and cylindric +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
consisting of a series +  and tubular +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
Eriogonum abramsii +, Oxytheca parishii subsp. abramsii +  and Oxytheca parishii var. abramsii +
chambered +, , +  and solid +
Acanthoscyphus parishii var. abramsii +
Acanthoscyphus parishii +
variety +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
divided +  and entire +
coriaceous +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +