Ericameria nauseosa var. turbinata

(M. E. Jones) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird

Phytologia 75: 88. 1993.

Lowell E. Urbatsch, Loran C. Anderson, Roland P. Roberts, Kurt M. Neubig

Endemic

Basionym: Bigelowia turbinata M. E. Jones Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 691. 1895

Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. turbinatus (M. E. Jones) H. M. Hall Ericameria nauseosas subsp. turbinata (M. E. Jones) H. M. Hall

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 69. Mentioned on page 62, 63.

Plants 40–60 cm. Stems yellowish green, moderately leafy at flowering, tomentum compact. Leaves grayish green; blades 1-nerved, linear, 10–20 × 0.5–1.5 mm, faces tomentulose to densely tomentose. Involucres 11.2–16 mm. Phyllaries 16–25, apices erect, acute to short-acuminate, outer abaxial faces tomentose or glabrous, inner often glabrous. Corollas 9.8–11.8 mm, tubes puberulent or glabrous, lobes 0.7–0.9 mm, villous; style appendages longer than stigmatic portions. Cypselae glabrous or densely hairy; pappi 9.5–12 mm. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Dunes and deep sands, saltbush, ephedra, juniper, and greasewood communities
Elevation: 1300–1700 m