Cirsium edule var. wenatchense
Sida 21: 213. 2004.
Common names: Wenatchee thistle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 147.
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Heads mostly borne singly. Peduncles 10–30 cm. Involucres 3–4 × 4–5 cm, moderately arachnoid. Phyllary apices widely spreading, long-acicular, spines 5–15 mm. Corollas 29–33 mm, tubes 9–11 mm, throats 8–12 mm, lobes 9–10 mm; style tips 3–4 mm. Cypselae dark-brown, 4.5–6 mm; pappi 20–25 mm.
Phenology: Flowering summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat: Stream banks, rocky slopes
Elevation: 600–1200 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Variety wenatchense is known only from the Wenatchee Mountains of central Washington. Little is known of its ecology.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"fine" is not a number.
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