Eremogone congesta var. suffrutescens

(A. Gray) R. L. Hartman & Rabeler

Sida 21: 239. 2004.

Common names: Suffrutescent sandwort
Endemic
Basionym: Brewerina suffrutescens A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 620. 1873
Synonyms: Arenaria congesta var. suffrutescens (A. Gray) B. L. Robinson Arenaria suffrutescens (A. Gray) A. Heller
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 63. Mentioned on page 61.

Stems 15–40 cm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal blades erect to somewhat spreading, needlelike, 1.5–8 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm, herbaceous. Inflorescences 1–3 umbellate cymes; bracts generally clustered at base of inflorescence. Pedicels 1–12 mm, glabrous. Sepals weakly to conspicuously 1–3-veined, 3–4 mm, apex obtuse.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Rocky mountain slopes and outcrops
Elevation: 1200-3300 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 +
(A. Gray) R. L. Hartman & Rabeler +
11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
needlelike +  and filiform +
herbaceous +  and more or less fleshy +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
not +  and persistent +
Brewerina suffrutescens +
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 />) +
Suffrutescent sandwort +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
1200-3300 m +
straight +  and curved +
central +  and peripheral +
inconspicuous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
crescent--shaped +
Rocky mountain slopes and outcrops +
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 /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 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 late spring–early 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 />) +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate;lanceolate +
not expanding +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 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 />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 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 />) +
Arenaria congesta var. suffrutescens +  and Arenaria suffrutescens +
stout +  and slender +
Eremogone congesta var. suffrutescens +
Eremogone congesta +
variety +
ascending;recurved +
divided +
elongate +  and rounded +
10 +  and 8 +
rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
plant +  and matted +