Eriogonum microthecum var. panamintense

S. Stokes

Eriogonum, 74. 1936.

Common names: Panamint wild buckwheat
Endemic
Synonyms: Eriogonum effusum var. limbatum S. Stokes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 245. Mentioned on page 243.

Shrubs, 3–6 × 5–12 (–15) dm. Stems: caudex absent; aerial flowering-stems 0.5–1 (–1.5) dm, tomentose when young, becoming floccose. Leaves: blade usually broadly elliptic, 0.6–1.8 × 0.3–0.8 cm, brown-tomentose abaxially, floccose to subglabrous adaxially, margins not revolute. Inflorescences 1–4 cm; branches tomentose when young, becoming floccose. Involucres 2–2.5 mm, subglabrous or glabrous. Flowers 1.5–2 (–2.5) mm; perianth white to reddish. Achenes 1.8–2 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Gravelly slopes, sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1900-2800 m

Discussion

Variety panamintense is a localized expression known only from the Inyo Mountains and the Panamint Range of Inyo County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
acute;obtuse or rounded +
James L. Reveal +
S. Stokes +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
papillate +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
floccose +  and subglabrous +
linear;obovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +  and semileaflike +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
linear +  and triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
gray +, green +, reddish-tomentose to floccose or glabrate +  and brownish +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
floccose +  and tomentose +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Panamint wild buckwheat +
1900-2800 m +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 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 +
Gravelly slopes, sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands +
reduced +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
dense +  and diffuse +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and subglabrous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
nonmembranous +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
lobed +, undulate +, crisped +, crenulate +  and entire +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
curved +  and straight +
tomentose;floccose +
erect to deflexed +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
white;reddish +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
tomentose +  and floccose or glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
spreading +  and erect +
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 +
Eriogonum effusum var. limbatum +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum microthecum var. panamintense +
Eriogonum microthecum +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
0 +  and 1/2 +
1/5 +  and 2/5 +
oblong +  and obovate +
coriaceous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
glabrous +, floccose +  and tannish-tomentose +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +