Yermo xanthocephalus

Dorn

Madroño 38: 199, fig. 1. 1991.

Common names: Desert yellow-head
IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 634.

Taproots penetrating to 20–25+ cm. Stems hollow. Leaf blades 4–25 × 1–6 cm. Peduncles 3–15 mm. Involucres 8–15 mm. Disc florets slightly exserted from involucres; corollas: tubes 3.5 mm, throats 2.5 mm, lobes 2–3(–3.5) mm. Cypselae 6–7 mm; pappi 5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun(–Aug).
Habitat: Barren, white silty-clay
Elevation: 2000 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Yermo xanthocephalus is known only from one site in central Wyoming. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.