Oönopsis wardii

(A. Gray) Greene

Pittonia 3: 46. 1896.

Common names: Ward’s goldenweed
Basionym: Haplopappus fremontii var. wardii A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 128. 1884 (as Aplopappus fremonti var. wardi)
Synonyms: Haplopappus fremontii subsp. wardii (A. Gray) H. M. Hall Haplopappus wardii (A. Nelson) A. Nelson Oönopsis condensata (A. Gray) Greene Oönopsis wardii var. condensata A. Nelson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 412. Mentioned on page 411.

Plants (4–) 9–30 cm. Stems glabrous. Leaf-blades oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or oblong-oblanceolate, 19–120 × 2–11 (–16) mm, cauline bases not auriculate or clasping, distalmost cauline abruptly reduced. Heads not immediately subtended by leaflike bracts. Involucres 10–17 mm. Phyllary apices long-acuminate to long-acute, not apiculate or cuspidate. Ray-florets 0. Disc-florets 10–45. Cypselae 4.5–6.1 (–7) mm, faces glabrous. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Barren selenium hills and flats, alkaline clay flats, shale-alkali ridges, disturbed roadsides
Elevation: 2000–2300 m

Discussion

Oönopsis wardii grows in Albany, Carbon, and Natrona counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Oönopsis wardii"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
glomerate +, corymbiform +  and loose +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Gregory K. Brown +  and Guy L. Nesom +
(A. Gray) Greene +
decurrent +
Haplopappus fremontii var. wardii +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
linear;narrowly oblanceolate or lanceolate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
ciliate-barbellate +
cauline +  and distalmost +
not auriculate +
Ward’s goldenweed +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.61 cm6.1 mm <br />0.0061 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
narrowly turbinate slightly compressed +  and subcylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
2000–2300 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Barren selenium hills and flats, alkaline clay flats, shale-alkali ridges, disturbed roadsides +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
hemispheric;campanulate or cylindro-turbinate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;narrowly obovate or oblong-oblanceolate +
deltate +  and triangular +
flat +  and convex +
not scarious +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
ovate-triangular +  and oblong-lanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
cuspidate +  and not apiculate +
long-acuminate +  and long-acute +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Haplopappus fremontii subsp. wardii +, Haplopappus wardii +, Oönopsis condensata +  and Oönopsis wardii var. condensata +
Oönopsis wardii +
Oönopsis +
species +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +