familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusAcanthoscyphus
speciesAcanthoscyphus parishii
Acanthoscyphus parishii var. cienegensis
Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. 2004.
Common names: Cienega Seca flowery puncturebract
Endemic
Basionym: Oxytheca parishii var. cienegensis Ertter Brittonia 32: 89, fig. 6G. 1980
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Mentioned on page 438.
Plants erect, 0.5–4 dm. Stems slender, 3–8 cm. Leaf-blades 1–3.5 cm. Inflorescences: bracts 2 (–3), subulate, awns 0.5–1.5 mm. Peduncles 0.5–2 (–3.5) cm. Involucres: awns 7–10, ivory-colored, (3–) 4–5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy flats and slopes, montane conifer forests
Elevation: 2100-2500 m
Discussion
Variety cienegensis is known only from the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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not winged +
dark-brown;deep maroon +
included +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
globose-lenticular +
1.7mm;2mm +
dehiscing +
ivory-colored +
absent +
7;10 +
anthesis +
distal +
stipelike +
spatulate;oblong or oblanceolate +
awn-tipped +
connate +
absent +
subulate +
connate +
not brittle +
free +
aerial +
proximal +
glabrous +
1/2 +
round +
woody +
Cienega Seca flowery puncturebract +
Calif. +
curved +
nuclear +
abundant +
adnate +
3;10 +
aerial +
fistulose +
homocarpic +
bractlike +
cymose +
capitate +
racemose +
axillary +
enclosed +
not ribbed +
nonmembranous +
0.5cm;2cm +
rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
awn-tipped +
ciliate-denticulate +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
basal +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
cluster +
erect;deflexed +
absent +
erect to deflexed +
winged +
white;rose occasionally greenish white +
persistent +
pustulose +
accrescent +
absent +
indistinct +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
2004 +
fibrous +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
recurved +
absent +
scandent +
absent +
glabrous +
not fistulose +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
arranged +
involucral +
absent +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
slender +
Acanthoscyphus parishii var. cienegensis +
Acanthoscyphus parishii +
variety +
absent +
monomorphic +
entire +
connate +
dimorphic +
coriaceous +
single +
awn-tipped +
connate +
erect +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
homophyllous +
annual +
polycarpic +
0.5dm;4dm +