Ericameria parryi var. affinis

(A. Nelson) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird

Phytologia 75: 88. 1993.

EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Chrysothamnus affinis A. Nelson Bot. Gaz. 28: 374. 1900
Synonyms: Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. affinis (A. Nelson) L. C. Anderson Chrysothamnus parryi var. affinis (A. Nelson) Cronquist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 72.

Plants 15–60 cm. Leaves crowded, greenish yellow; blades 1-nerved, linear, 25–40 × 1–3 mm, faces tomentulose, eglandular; distalmost shorter than arrays. Heads 5–10+ in racemiform arrays. Involucres 10.5–13 mm. Phyllaries 12–15, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, otherwise chartaceous, apices erect (tan or greenish), attenuate. Florets 5–8; corollas pale yellow, 8–9.1 mm, tubes glabrous or puberulent, throats abruptly dilated, lobes 0.7–1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Mountain slopes, clay or gravelly soils
Elevation: 1600–2500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Lowell E. Urbatsch +, Loran C. Anderson +, Roland P. Roberts +  and Kurt M. Neubig +
(A. Nelson) G. L. Nesom & G. I. Baird +
Chrysothamnus affinis +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +  and Utah. +
1600–2500 m +
Mountain slopes, clay or gravelly soils +
Flowering late summer–fall. +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Chrysothamnus parryi subsp. affinis +  and Chrysothamnus parryi var. affinis +
Ericameria parryi var. affinis +
Ericameria parryi +
variety +