Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense
Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 71. 1938.
Common names: Chorro Creek bog thistle
EndemicConservation concern
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Basal leaves: longer spines 5–9 mm; distal faces more densely glandular than tomentose. Cauline leaves: longer spines 4–7 mm. Distalmost stem bracts tightly subtending heads or separated from them. Phyllaries 70–120, 28–38 of them reflexed; apical spines 2–3 mm; marginal spines usually absent. Cypselae 3.8–4 mm. 2n = 34.
Phenology: Flowering winter–summer (Jan–Sep).
Habitat: Serpentine seeps, coastal live oak woodlands, grasslands, riparian areas
Elevation: 40–300 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Variety obispoense is known only from the southern Santa Lucia and San Luis ranges of San Luis Obispo County.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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short-tailed +
introrse +
connate +
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scarious +
linear-oblong +
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appressed +
auriculate-decurrent +
strongly undulate;shallowly deeply pinnatifid +
entire;erose +
leafy +
reduced +
spreading +
hairy +
several;many +
barbellate +
many +
coarse +
absent +
taprooted +
woody +
Chorro Creek bog thistle +
actinomorphic +
bilateral +
monomorphic +
not ribbed +
brownish +
glabrous +
3.8mm;4mm +
bractlike +
reduced +
more densely glandular than tomentose +
Calif. +
straight +
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green +
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proximal +
25;200 +
bisexual +
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Leafl. W. Bot. +
1938 +
absent +
epaleate +
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tawny;white +
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Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense +
Cirsium fontinale +
variety +
cylindric +
expanded +
dentate +
bristly-dentate to coarsely +
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bent +
perennial +
monocarpic +
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broad +