Eremogone congesta var. crassula

(Maguire) R. L. Hartman & Rabeler

Sida 21: 239. 2004.

Endemic
Basionym: Arenaria congesta var. crassula Maguire Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 45. 1947
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 62. Mentioned on page 61.

Stems 15–20 cm, glabrous. Leaves: basal blades curved inward, needlelike, (1.5–) 2–3 cm × 1–2 mm, ± fleshy. Inflorescences capitate, rounded, dense cymes; bracts closely enveloping sepals. Pedicels ± absent, mostly shorter than 0.1 mm, glabrous. Sepals conspicuously 1-veined to weakly 3-veined, 3.5–4 mm, apex obtuse.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry, upper montane ridges and rocky crevices
Elevation: 1800-2500 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
entire +  and slightly emarginate +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
Ronald L. Hartman +, Richard K. Rabeler +  and Frederick H. Utech +
(Maguire) R. L. Hartman & Rabeler +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
needlelike +  and filiform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
not +  and persistent +
Arenaria congesta var. crassula +
filiform +  and subulate or narrowly linear +
not +  and succulent +
reduced +
ovoid;urceolate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
1800-2500 m +
straight +  and curved +
central +  and peripheral +
inconspicuous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
crescent--shaped +
Dry, upper montane ridges and rocky crevices +
disc--shaped +  and dish +
open +  and 3-50+-flowered +
connate +
0.15mm;0.2mm +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
fugacious +
1.5-2 times as long as sepals +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
reddish-brown;black +
tuberculate +
broadly ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuously 1-veined +  and weakly 3-veined +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate;lanceolate +
not expanding +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
branched +  and simple +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
[50 +  and 3 +
smooth +  and papillate +
distinct +
filiform +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
stout +  and slender +
Eremogone congesta var. crassula +
Eremogone congesta +
variety +
ascending;recurved +
divided +
elongate +  and rounded +
10 +  and 8 +
rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
plant +  and matted +