Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum

S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al.

in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 2: 29. 1880.

Common names: Short-stemmed bastard-sage
Endemic
Synonyms: Eriogonum kennedyi subsp. pinorum S. Stokes Eriogonum trachygonum subsp. subscaposum (S. Watson) S. Stokes Eriogonum wrightii var. curvatum (Small) Munz Eriogonum wrightii subsp. subscaposum (S. Watson) S. Stokes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 291. Mentioned on page 289, 290, 292, 293.

Herbs, loosely matted, 0.5–2.5 (–3) × 1–3 (–5) dm, tomentose or glabrous. Leaves: blade oblanceolate to elliptic, 0.5–1 (–1.2) × 0.2–0.4 (–0.5) cm. Inflorescences virgate or cymose; branches dichotomous, mostly slender. Involucres 1.5–4 mm. Flowers 2–3 mm; perianth white to pink. Achenes 2–2.5 mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Gravelly to rocky, often volcanic or granitic flats, washes, slopes, and outcrops, sagebrush and chaparral communities, oak, pinyon-juniper, and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 200-3400 m

Discussion

Variety subscaposum occurs mainly in the Transverse Ranges and the Sierra Nevada of California, with some populations in the desert ranges just to the east in west-central Nevada. The distinction between var. subscaposum and var. trachygonum is not always sharp, and some plants along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada may well be the latter. On the Transverse Ranges (and especially Mt. Pinos), var. subscaposum appears to merge with E. kennedyi var. kennedyi.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
light-brown;brown +
included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
acute;obtuse or rounded +
James L. Reveal +
S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al. +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
papillate +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glabrous +, subglabrous +, tomentose +  and floccose +
oblanceolate;elliptic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +  and semileaflike +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +  and triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
glabrous +, floccose +  and tomentose +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
slender +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Short-stemmed bastard-sage +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
200-3400 m +
pilose +  and glabrous +
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 +
stout;slender +
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 +
Gravelly to rocky, often volcanic or granitic flats, washes, slopes, and outcrops, sagebrush and chaparral communities, oak, pinyon-juniper, and montane conifer woodlands +
reduced +
cymose +  and virgate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
dense +  and diffuse +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
arranged +  and disposed +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
glabrous +, floccose +  and tomentose +
turbinate +  and narrowly campanulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
nonmembranous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 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 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
tomentose +  and floccose +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
spreading +  and erect +
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 +
Eriogonum kennedyi subsp. pinorum +, Eriogonum trachygonum subsp. subscaposum +, Eriogonum wrightii var. curvatum +  and Eriogonum wrightii subsp. subscaposum +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum +
Eriogonum wrightii +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
0 +  and 1/2 +
obovate +
coriaceous +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
grayish +  and greenish or reddish +
herb +  and matted +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +