Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii

(A. Gray) Kartesz & Gandhi

Phytologia 71: 60. 1991.

Endemic
Basionym: Haplopappus carthamoides var. cusickii A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 126. 1884 (as Aplopappus)
Synonyms: Haplopappus carthamoides subsp. cusickii (A. Gray) H. M. Hall
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 415. Mentioned on page 416.

Plants 10–15 (–43) cm. Stems slender. Leaves: basal blades spatulate-lanceolate, 50–200 × 10–20 mm. Involucres campanulate or turbinate, 10–20 × 15–20 (–30) mm. Phyllaries (loose, scarcely overlapping) lanceolate, apices acute to acuminate, mucro erect. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Pine forest, sagebrush scrub, dry slopes, openings in pine and mixed hardwoods forest, lava fields
Elevation: 900–2800 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Variety cusickii is recognized by its generally smaller size, and campanulate to turbinate involucres with loose, lanceolate phyllaries.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
acute;acuminate +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Bogler +
(A. Gray) Kartesz & Gandhi +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
spatulate-lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
serrate or shallowly laciniate +, spinulose-dentate +  and entire +
linear +  and elliptic +
tapering +
3mm;30mm +
Haplopappus carthamoides var. cusickii +
compound +  and simple +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate;lanceolate;oblanceolate or spatulate +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
4-angled +  and subcylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
900–2800 m +
glabrous +, smooth +, striate +, puberulent +  and villous-hispid +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Pine forest, sagebrush scrub, dry slopes, openings in pine and mixed hardwoods forest, lava fields +
discoid +  and disciform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
turbinate;campanulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
spinulose-serrate +  and entire +
linear +  and elliptic +
attenuate +
3mm +  and 30mm +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
with distinct , green apical patch +  and yellow-green +
appressed +  and loosely spreading +
lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
ascending +  and decumbent +
1 +  and 4 +
slender +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Haplopappus carthamoides subsp. cusickii +
Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii +
Pyrrocoma carthamoides +
variety +
tubular-funnelform +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrous +, tomentose +  and sericeous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (43 cm430 mm <br />0.43 m <br />) +