Eriogonum apricum

J. T. Howell

Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 237. 1955.

EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 308. Mentioned on page 228.

Herbs, erect to spreading or prostrate, not scapose, 0.08–0.2 × 0.1–0.25 dm, glabrous, usually grayish. Stems spreading, with persistent leaf-bases, up to 1/5 height of plant; caudex stems matted; aerial flowering-stems erect to slightly spreading or prostrate, slender, solid, not fistulose, 0.4–0.8 dm, glabrous. Leaves basal, 1 per node; petiole 0.3–1 (–2.5) cm, tomentose; blade round-ovate, 0.3–0.5 (–1) × 0.3–0.5 (–1) cm, densely white-tomentose abaxially, floccose or glabrous and green adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose, 0.5–1.5 × 1–2 cm; branches dichotomous, glabrous; bracts 3, scalelike, 1–2 mm. Peduncles absent. Involucres 1 per node, campanulate, 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; teeth 5, erect, 0.5–0.8 mm. Flowers 2–3 mm; perianth white, glabrous; tepals connate proximal 1/4, monomorphic, oblong; stamens exserted, 2.5–3 mm; filaments sparsely pubescent proximally. Achenes light-brown, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous.

Discussion

eriogonum apricum appears to be more akin to the pacific coast e. nudum complex than to the e. brevicaule complex of the rocky mountain west. the plants are sometimes infected by coniothrium eriogoni earle, a rust fungus that also attacks e. nudum

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Flowering stems erect to slightly spreading Eriogonum apricum var. apricum
1 Flowering stems prostrate Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum

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light-brown +
included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
acute;obtuse or rounded +
James L. Reveal +
J. T. Howell +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
papillate +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
glabrous +, floccose +  and white-tomentose +
round-ovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +  and semileaflike +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
not fistulose +
unwinged +  and winged +
black +, red +, brown +  and yellowish +
exserted +  and included +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
spheroidal +, 4-gonous +, lenticular +, biconvex +, discoid +, 3-gonous +  and 2-gonous +
reduced +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
dense +  and diffuse +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
campanulate +
nonmembranous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
curved +  and straight +
erect to deflexed +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
penicillate +, fimbriate +  and capitate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-lobed +  and cylindric +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
consisting of a series +  and tubular +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum apricum +
Eriogonum subg. Eucycla +
species +
emarginate +  and entire +
0 +  and 1/2 +
coriaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
erect;spreading or prostrate +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +