Eriogonum brevicaule var. canum
Vasc. Pl. Wyoming, 299. 1988.
Plants erect, 1.5–3 × 1.5–3.5 dm. Aerial flowering-stems erect, 0.5–1 dm, tomentose. Leaves: blade narrowly oblanceolate to oblanceolate or spatulate, (1–) 1.5–3.5 (–4) × 0.2–0.7 (–0.9) cm, margins plane. Inflorescences subumbellate to cymose, usually divided 3 or more times, 5–10 cm; branches tomentose. Involucres 1 per node, turbinate, (2–) 3–3.5 (–5) × 2–2.5 (–3) mm, tomentose. Flowers (1–) 1.5–2.5 (–3) mm; perianth yellow, sparsely pubescent.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Clayey flats and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1100-1800 m
Discussion
Variety canum is rare throughout its widely scattered range in Carbon, Park, and Yellowstone counties, Montana, and in Big Horn and Sheridan counties, Wyoming.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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