Artemisia cana subsp. bolanderi

(A. Gray) G. H. Ward

Contr. Dudley Herb. 4: 192. 1953.

Common names: Bolander sagebrush
Endemic
Basionym: Artemisia bolanderi A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 50. 1883
Synonyms: Artemisia tridentata subsp. bolanderi (A. Gray) H. M. Hall & Clements Seriphidium bolanderi (A. Gray) Y. R. Ling Seriphidium canum subsp. bolanderi (A. Gray) W. A. Weber
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Shrubs, 50–60 (–80) cm. Stems white (felty-tomentose when young). Leaves sometimes bright green, blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, (1.5–) 3–4 × 0.2–0.6 cm, usually entire, sometimes with irregular lobes. Heads (2–3 per branch) in (sparsely leafy) arrays 12–18 × 1–2 cm. Involucres broadly campanulate, 3–4 × 4–5 mm. Phyllaries narrowly ovatelanceolate, acute (outer) or obtuse, densely hairy. Florets 8–16. Cypselae 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 18, 36.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Gravel soils, mountain meadows, stream banks
Elevation: 1600–3300 m

Discussion

Subspecies bolanderi is known only from the western United States.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Leila M. Shultz +
(A. Gray) G. H. Ward +
decurrent +
Artemisia bolanderi +
compound +  and simple +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
linear;narrowly lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Bolander sagebrush +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
red +  and pale-yellow +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
winged +  and monomorphic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
1600–3300 m +
gland-dotted +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
fertile +  and bisexual +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Gravel soils, mountain meadows, stream banks +
spiciform +  and racemiform +
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
indeterminate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
bright green +
deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering mid–late summer. +
2 +  and 20 +
Contr. Dudley Herb. +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
persistently canescent +  and glabrescent +
1 +  and 10 +
not wand-like +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Artemisia tridentata subsp. bolanderi +, Seriphidium bolanderi +  and Seriphidium canum subsp. bolanderi +
Artemisia cana subsp. bolanderi +
Artemisia cana +
subspecies +
funnel +  and subglobose +
cylindric +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +