Eriogonum contiguum

(Reveal) Reveal

Phytologia 23: 175. 1972.

Common names: Annual desert trumpet
Endemic
Basionym: Eriogonum inflatum var. contiguum Reveal Aliso 7: 221. 1970
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 387. Mentioned on page 383, 389.

Herbs, spreading to erect, annual, (0.3–) 0.5–3 dm, glabrous and sparsely glandular, green or reddish green. Stems: caudex absent; aerial flowering-stems erect, solid, not fistulose, 0.1–0.5 dm, glabrous, glandular proximally. Leaves basal; petiole 0.4–1.5 cm, hirsute; blade oblong to round, (0.3–) 0.5–1 (–1.4) × (0.3–) 0.5–1 (–1.4) cm, hirsute and greenish to yellowish on both surfaces, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose, dense, spreading, (2–) 5–18 × 2–15 cm; branches not fistulose, glabrous except glandular near proximal nodes; bracts 3, scalelike, 0.5–1.5 × 0.3–1 mm. Peduncles mostly erect, straight or slightly curved, capillary, 0.3–1.2 (–2) cm, glabrous, glandular proximally. Involucres turbinate, 1–1.3 × 0.6–1 mm, glabrous; teeth (4–) 5, erect, 0.2–0.4 mm. Flowers 1–2.5 mm; perianth golden yellow to reddish, densely short-hirsute with coarse curved hairs; tepals monomorphic, lanceolate; stamens exserted, 1–2.5 mm; filaments sparsely pubescent proximally. Achenes light-brown, lenticular to 3-gonous, 1.5–1.8 (–2) mm, glabrous.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, saltbush, creosote bush, and mesquite communities
Elevation: -20-900 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Eriogonum contiguum is confined to the greater Death Valley region in Inyo County, California, and southern Nye County, Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
light-brown +
included +  and exserted +
lenticular +  and 3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
James L. Reveal +
(Reveal) Reveal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Eriogonum inflatum var. contiguum +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
greenish +  and yellowish +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
oblong;round +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
grooved +, disarticulating +  and dichotomous +
not brittle +
scabrellous +
not fistulose +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Annual desert trumpet +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
-20-900 m +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
not fistulose +
slender;stout +
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 +
Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, saltbush, creosote bush, and mesquite communities +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
racemose +, paniculate +  and cymose-paniculate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
nonmembranous +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
marcescent +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
erect to deflexed +
capillary +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
golden yellow;reddish +
short-hirsute +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
spreading +  and erect +
glabrous +, short-hispid +, villous +, hirsute +, floccose +  and tomentose +
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 contiguum +
Eriogonum subg. Ganysma +
species +
emarginate +  and entire +
1/5 +  and 1/2 +
lanceolate +
coriaceous +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
annual +  and perennial +
reddish green +  and green +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +