Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

(S. Stokes) Reveal

Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 197. 2004.

Common names: Scabland wild buckwheat
Endemic
Basionym: Eriogonum caespitosum var. sublineare S. Stokes Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 72. 1938
Synonyms: Eriogonum douglasii var. sublineare (S. Stokes) Reveal Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue (Small) C. L. Hitchcock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 363. Mentioned on page 362.

Leaf-blades linear-oblanceolate, mostly tomentose on both surfaces, margins usually revolute. Inflorescences capitate or umbellate. Perianths pale-yellow to ochroleucous.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Gravelly, volcanic scablands, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities
Elevation: 100-1300 m

Discussion

Variety sublineare is found in south-central Wash-ington and adjacent north-central Oregon. It is frequently confused with Eriogonum douglasii.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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light-brown +
included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
James L. Reveal +
(S. Stokes) Reveal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
loose to congested +
stipelike +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Eriogonum caespitosum var. sublineare +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
tomentose +  and floccose or glabrous +
spatulate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate;linear-oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
grooved +, disarticulating +  and dichotomous +
not brittle +
glabrous +  and floccose +
scabrellous +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Scabland wild buckwheat +
Oreg. +  and Wash. +
100-1300 m +
curved +  and straight +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
attenuate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
linear-oblanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
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, volcanic scablands, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities +
umbellate +  and capitate +
subcapitate +  and capitate +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
connate +  and free +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
turbinate-campanulate +  and campanulate +
nonmembranous +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
linear-oblanceolate +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
revolute +, plane +  and entire +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
curved +  and straight +
erect to deflexed +
pale-yellow;ochroleucous +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
glabrous +  and floccose +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
prostrate +  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 douglasii var. sublineare +  and Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare +
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
obovate +  and oblong-ovate +
coriaceous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sericeous +, lanate +  and tomentose floccose or glabrous +
dioecious +, polygamodioecious +, synoecious +  and polycarpic +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +
glabrous +  and floccose +
proximally +  and midlength +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +