familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusAcanthoscyphus
speciesAcanthoscyphus parishii
Acanthoscyphus parishii var. goodmaniana
Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 144. 2004.
Common names: Cushenbury flowery puncturebract
Endemic
Basionym: Oxytheca parishii var. goodmaniana Ertter Brittonia 32: 90, fig. 6H–J. 1980
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Mentioned on page 436, 438.
Plants erect or spreading, 0.5–3 dm. Stems slender, (1.5–) 2–6 cm. Leaf-blades 1–3 cm. Inflorescences: bracts 2 (–3), subulate, awns 0.5–1.5 mm. Peduncles 0.3–1.5 (–2) cm. Involucres: awns 4 (–5), ivory colored, 2–3 mm.
Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy calcareous slopes, chaparral communities
Elevation: 1300-2300 m
Discussion
Variety goodmaniana is known only from the northeastern slope of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County. The name Oxytheca watsonii was misapplied to this taxon in the pre-1980 California literature.
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.
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not winged +
dark-brown;deep maroon +
included +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
globose-lenticular +
1.7mm;2mm +
dehiscing +
ivory colored +
absent +
anthesis +
distal +
stipelike +
spatulate;oblong or oblanceolate +
awn-tipped +
connate +
absent +
subulate +
connate +
not brittle +
free +
aerial +
proximal +
glabrous +
1/2 +
round +
woody +
Cushenbury 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. goodmaniana +
Acanthoscyphus parishii +
variety +
absent +
monomorphic +
entire +
connate +
dimorphic +
coriaceous +
single +
awn-tipped +
connate +
erect +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
homophyllous +
annual +
spreading;erect +
polycarpic +
0.5dm;4dm +