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|accepted_name=Psilocarphus elatior
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed.
|place=2, 1: 448. 1886
|year=1886
}}
|common_names=Tall or meadow woollyheads
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Psilocarphus oregonus var. elatior
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=8: 652. 1873
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae;Psilocarphus;Psilocarphus elatior
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Psilocarphus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Psilocarphus elatior]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 457, 459
|treatment_page=page 458
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism coloration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>greenish gray to silvery, ± sericeous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem atypical quantity;stem quantity;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>1 (–3), ± erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="proximal internode length">proximal internode lengths mostly 0.5–1.5 (–2) times leaf lengths.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="capitular leaf orientation;capitular leaf fixation or orientation;capitular leaf shape;capitular leaf width;capitular leaf length;capitular leaf some measurement;capitular leaf l w ratio;capitular leaf height"><b>Capitular </b>leaves ± erect, appressed to heads, mostly oblanceolate to nearly linear, widest in distal 1/3, longest mostly 17–35 mm, lengths mostly 4.5–9 times widths, 2.5–5 times head heights.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="head shape;head size;head some measurement"><b>Heads </b>± spheric, largest 6–8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="receptacle shape"><b>Receptacles </b>unlobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="palea architecture;palea prominence;palea length;palea some measurement"><b>Pistillate </b>paleae collectively ± hidden by indument, longest 2.8–3.8 mm (lengths 1.5–3 times longest diams.; wings supramedian).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="corolla architecture;corolla some measurement;lobe quantity"><b>Staminate </b>corollas 1.3–1.9 mm, lobes 5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela some measurement"><b>Cypselae </b>± cylindric, terete, 0.9–1.7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting mid May–mid Aug.
|habitat=Mainly coastal or montane, relatively dry or seasonally flooded, wooded, grassy, or barren slopes, flats, often disturbed sites (roadsides, trails, drainages), rarely near vernal pools
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Psilocarphus elatior occurs west of the Cascade Range from California to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and in scattered areas eastward (northwestern Montana, mountains surrounding the border area common to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho). Reports of P. elatior from Alberta and Saskatchewan were based on relatively erect forms of P. brevissimus var. brevissimus. Psilocarphus elatior has been of conservation concern in Canada (J. M. Illingworth and G. W. Douglas 1994).</p><!--
--><p>Where sympatric, Psilocarphus elatior tends to inhabit relatively dry or seasonally flooded sites in more mesic coastal or montane climates and P. brevissimus var. brevissimus occurs mainly in wetter, seasonally inundated sites in semiarid climates. Some specimens appear to be intermediate; further study may show the two taxa to be better treated as varietally distinct. See also under P. brevissimus var. multiflorus.</p>
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name=Psilocarphus elatior
|authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Psilocarphus oregonus var. elatior
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting mid May–mid Aug.
|habitat=Mainly coastal or montane, relatively dry or seasonally flooded, wooded, grassy, or barren slopes, flats, often disturbed sites (roadsides, trails, drainages), rarely near vernal pools
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed.
|publication year=1886
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae
|genus=Psilocarphus
|species=Psilocarphus elatior
|capitular leaf fixation or orientation=appressed
|capitular leaf height=2.5-5 times head heights
|capitular leaf l w ratio=4.5-9
|capitular leaf length=longest
|capitular leaf orientation=erect
|capitular leaf shape=mostly oblanceolate;nearly linear
|capitular leaf some measurement=17mm;35mm
|capitular leaf width=widest
|corolla architecture=staminate
|corolla some measurement=1.3mm;1.9mm
|cypsela shape=terete;cylindric
|cypsela some measurement=0.9mm;1.7mm
|head shape=spheric
|head size=largest
|head some measurement=6mm;8mm
|lobe quantity=5
|palea architecture=pistillate
|palea length=longest
|palea prominence=hidden
|palea some measurement=2.8mm;3.8mm
|proximal internode length=0.5-1.5(-2) times leaf lengths
|receptacle shape=unlobed
|stem atypical quantity=1;3
|stem orientation=erect
|stem quantity=1
|whole_organism coloration=greenish gray;silvery
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism pubescence=sericeous
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