Sphaeromeria potentilloides

(A. Gray) A. Heller

Muhlenbergia 1: 7. 1900.

Common names: Fivefinger chickensage cinquefoil false sagebrush
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Artemisia potentilloides A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 551. 1866
Synonyms: Tanacetum potentilloides (A. Gray) A. Gray Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 500. Mentioned on page 499.

Perennials, 3–30 cm. Stems lax. Leaves basal and cauline; basal (20–70 mm) 2-pinnately lobed (ultimate lobes linear to filiform, ca. 1 mm wide); cauline (5–18 mm) usually pinnately lobed, faces silky-tomentose. Heads 2–20 in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays or borne singly. Involucres 2.3–5.2 mm. Phyllaries 8–10, hairy. (Receptacles villous, hairs white, curly, 0.5–1 mm.) Cypselae 0.8–1.5 mm (faces obscurely nerved, becoming mucilaginous when wet).

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Heads (3–)4–20; involucres 3–4(–4.5) mm; basal leaves 2-pinnately lobed Sphaeromeria potentilloides var. potentilloides
1 Heads 1–3(–4); involucres 4–5.1 mm; basal leaves 1-pinnately lobed Sphaeromeria potentilloides var. nitrophila
not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Timothy K. Lowrey +  and Leila M. Shultz +
(A. Gray) A. Heller +
decurrent +
Artemisia potentilloides +
compound +  and simple +
lobed;3-toothed;lobed;obovate;cuneate or linear +
Fivefinger chickensage +  and cinquefoil false sagebrush +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
bright-yellow +
winged +  and monomorphic +
obovoid +  and obconic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
gland-dotted;gland-dotted +
silky-tomentose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
hemispheric;campanulate +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
8 +  and 10 +
unequal +  and subequal +
Muhlenbergia +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;nearly flat +
5 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
gland-dotted +
sericeous +  and tomentose +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Tanacetum potentilloides +  and Vesicarpa potentilloides +
Sphaeromeria potentilloides +
Sphaeromeria +
species +
campanulate +
cylindric +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +