Tetradymia tetrameres

(S. F. Blake) Strother

Brittonia 26: 192. 1974.

Endemic
Basionym: Tetradymia comosa subsp. tetrameres S. F. Blake Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 176. 1922
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Shrubs, 30–200 cm. Stems 1–10+, erect (wandlike), unarmed, evenly pannose. Leaves: primaries linear-filiform, flaccid, 10–40 mm; secondaries filiform-spatulate, 10–20 mm, sparsely tomentose. Heads 4–6. Peduncles 1–3 cm. Involucres turbinate, 8–9 mm. Phyllaries 4–5, oval-elliptic. Florets 4–5; corollas pale-yellow, ca. 8 mm. Cypselae 5–6 mm, densely pilose (hairs 4–7 mm); pappi of ca. 20, coarse bristles or subulate scales 3–5 mm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Deep sands or dunes, sagebrush scrub
Elevation: 1200–2100 m

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
truncate-penicillate;usually truncate;rounded-truncate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
(S. F. Blake) Strother +
decurrent +
Tetradymia comosa subsp. tetrameres +
linear;filiform narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
prismatic +  and obconic or fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1200–2100 m +
glabrescent +, lanate +  and tomentose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Deep sands or dunes, sagebrush scrub +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
linear +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
of 70 +  and 150 bristles or , , scales +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–early summer. +
mostly oblong +  and ovate or lanceolate +
linear-filiform +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;usually flat;convex +
white;stramineous +
subulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
filiform-spatulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
1 +  and 10 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Tetradymia tetrameres +
Tetradymia +
species +
perennial +  and annual +