Eriogonum breedlovei

(J. T. Howell) Reveal

Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 335. 1966.

Endemic
Basionym: Eriogonum ochrocephalum var. breedlovei J. T. Howell Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 14. 1963
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 280. Mentioned on page 225.

Herbs, matted, occasionally scapose, 0.2–1 × 0.8–1.5 (–2) dm, glandular-puberulent and slightly pilose, greenish. Stems matted, with persistent leaf-bases, up to 1/5 height of plant; caudex stems matted; aerial flowering-stems rarely scapelike, erect to prostrate, slender, solid, not fistulose, 0.15–0.6 (–0.8) dm, thinly to densely glandular-puberulent and slightly pilose. Leaves basal, fasciculate in terminal tufts; petiole 0.2–0.6 (–1) cm, tomentose; blade broadly elliptic, 0.2–0.8 (–1) × 0.2–0.4 (–0.6) cm, densely white-tomentose abaxially, less so and olive green adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose-umbellate or cymose, 0.5–3 × 1–2.5 cm, rarely capitate, 1–1.3 cm; branches dichotomous, occasionally absent, pilose and glandular; bracts 3, scalelike, triangular, 1–1.2 mm. Peduncles erect to spreading, slender, 0.05–0.5 (–1) cm, glandular or nearly glabrous, rarely absent. Involucres 1 per node, rarely 2-4, turbinate-campanulate, (2.5–) 3.5–4 × 3.5–4 mm, rigid, glandular-puberulent or nearly glabrous; teeth 7–9, erect or slightly spreading, 1–1.5 mm. Flowers 2.5–3.5 (–4) mm; perianth whitish to reddish, finely glandular-hairy abaxially; tepals connate proximally, slightly dimorphic, those of outer whorl obovate and obtuse, 1.5–2.3 mm wide, apex truncate or emarginate, those of inner whorl cuneate or spatulate, 0.7–1.3 mm wide, apex rounded; stamens exserted, 3–5.5 mm; filaments sparsely pubescent proximally. Achenes light-brown, 2.5–3 mm, apex sparsely glandular.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Eriogonum breedlovei is geographically isolated from the rest of the E. ochrocephalum complex, and the only member nearby is E. rosense, found at higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada. Both varieties of E. breedlovei are rare.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Scapes erect; inflorescences cymose-umbellate, rarely capitate Eriogonum breedlovei var. breedlovei
1 Scapes suberect to prostrate; inflorescences cymose Eriogonum breedlovei var. shevockii

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light-brown +
included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
emarginate +  and truncate +
rounded;spatulate;cuneate +
0.7mm;1.3mm +
James L. Reveal +
(J. T. Howell) Reveal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Eriogonum ochrocephalum var. breedlovei +
papillate +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
olive green +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
white-tomentose +
linear;orbiculate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +  and semileaflike +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
triangular +  and scale-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
not fistulose +
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 +
reduced +
cymose +  and cymose-umbellate +
dense +  and diffuse +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and glandular-puberulent +
turbinate-campanulate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
erect;spreading +
glabrous;glandular +
erect to deflexed +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
whitish;reddish +
glandular-hairy +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
erect +, decumbent +  and spreading +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
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 +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum breedlovei +
Eriogonum subg. Eucycla +
species +
emarginate +  and entire +
in proximal 1/2 +  and connate +
0 +  and 1/2 +
lobed +  and laciniate +
coriaceous +
spreading +  and erect +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
herb +  and matted +
pilose +  and glandular-puberulent +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +