familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusAcanthoscyphus
speciesAcanthoscyphus parishii
Acanthoscyphus parishii
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 53. 1898.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Oxytheca parishii Parry Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 3: 176. 1882
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 438.
Plants (0.5–) 1–6 × 0.5–4 dm. Leaf-blades 1–7 × 0.5–2 cm. Inflorescences 1–5 dm; bracts 1–4 (–10) × 0.5–3 mm, awns 0.2–1.5 mm. Peduncles (0.3–) 1–5 (–7.5) cm. Involucres 1.5–2 mm, awns ivory or reddish, 2–5 mm. Flowers: perianth 2–2.5 mm; filaments 2–2.5 mm; anthers 0.3–0.6 mm. Achenes 1.7–2 mm.
Discussion
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
1 | Involucral awns 7-16, dark red, 3-4 mm; San Rafael Mountains, Topatopa Mountain, and Mount Pinos, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, California | Acanthoscyphus parishii var. abramsii |
1 | Involucral awns 4-36, ivory colored, 2-5 mm; San Bernardino and Ventura counties | > 2 |
2 | Involucral awns 4(-5), 2-3 mm; ne side of San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California | Acanthoscyphus parishii var. goodmaniana |
2 | Involucral awns 7-30(-36), 3-5 mm; se side of e San Bernardino County, and Ventura County, California | > 3 |
3 | Involucral awns (10-)13-30(-36); inflorescence bracts triangular, awns 0.2-0.5 mm; Pine Mountain, Ventura County, e to c San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California | Acanthoscyphus parishii var. parishii |
3 | Involucral awns 7-10; inflorescence bracts subulate, awns 0.5-1.5 mm; se side of e San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California | Acanthoscyphus parishii var. cienegensis |
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not winged +
dark-brown;deep maroon +
included +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
globose-lenticular +
1.7mm;2mm +
dehiscing +
absent +
anthesis +
distal +
stipelike +
spatulate;oblong or oblanceolate +
awn-tipped +
connate +
absent +
2;3 +
connate +
not brittle +
free +
aerial +
proximal +
glabrous +
1/2 +
round +
woody +
s Calif. +
curved +
nuclear +
abundant +
adnate +
3;10 +
aerial +
fistulose +
homocarpic +
bractlike +
cymose +
capitate +
racemose +
axillary +
enclosed +
not ribbed +
nonmembranous +
0.5cm;2cm +
rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
awn-tipped +
ciliate-denticulate +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
basal +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
cluster +
erect;deflexed +
absent +
erect to deflexed +
winged +
white;rose occasionally greenish white +
persistent +
pustulose +
accrescent +
absent +
indistinct +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
1898 +
fibrous +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
recurved +
absent +
scandent +
absent +
glabrous +
not fistulose +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
arranged +
involucral +
absent +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
slender +
Acanthoscyphus parishii +
Acanthoscyphus +
species +
absent +
monomorphic +
entire +
connate +
dimorphic +
coriaceous +
single +
awn-tipped +
connate +
erect +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
homophyllous +
annual +
polycarpic +
0.5dm;4dm +