Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis

(Greene) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird

Phytologia 75: 87. 1993.

Common names: Mojave rabbitbrush
Endemic
Basionym: Bigelowia mohavensis Greene in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 138. 1884 (as Bigelovia)
Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. mohavensis (Greene) H. M. Hall
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Plants 60–80 cm. Stems white to yellowish green, nearly leafless at flowering, densely tomentose. Leaves yellowish green; blades 1-nerved, filiform, 10–30 × 0.5–1.5 mm, faces glabrate. Involucres 8.5–12. Phyllaries 20–26, apices erect, acute, abaxial faces tomentose to glabrate. Corollas 7–10.9 mm, tubes puberulent, lobes 0.9–2 mm, glabrous; style appendages longer than stigmatic portions. Cypselae densely hairy; pappi 6.3–9.8 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Dry scrub Artemisia, pinyon, Atriplex, Joshua tree communities
Elevation: 400–2400 m

Discussion

Variety mohavensis may intergrade with vars. hololeuca and oreophila. It grows in southern Nevada and southern California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number.

tomentose +  and glabrate +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
rounded +  and flat-topped +
Lowell E. Urbatsch +, Loran C. Anderson +, Roland P. Roberts +  and Kurt M. Neubig +
(Greene) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird +
decurrent +
Bigelowia mohavensis +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
filiform +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
tan +  and reddish +
subequal +
Mojave rabbitbrush +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.09 cm10.9 mm <br />0.0109 m <br />) +
turbinate +  and cylindric or oblanceoloid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
400–2400 m +
resinous +
gland-dotted +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry scrub Artemisia, pinyon, Atriplex, Joshua tree communities +
thyrsiform +, paniculiform +, branched +, racemiform +, cymiform +, discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
obconic;subcylindric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
yellowish green +
usually ascending +  and spreading +
erect;spreading or reflexed +
deltate +  and triangular +
raised +  and evident +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.63 cm6.3 mm <br />0.0063 m <br /> (0.98 cm9.8 mm <br />0.0098 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering late summer–fall. +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
resinous +
white +  and yellowish green +
ascending +  and spreading +
lanceolate +  and subulate +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. mohavensis +
Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis +
Ericameria nauseosa +
variety +
campanulate +
puberulent +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +