Ericameria nauseosa var. juncea
Phytologia 75: 86. 1993.
Common names: Rush rabbitbrush
Endemic
Basionym: Bigelowia juncea Greene Bot. Gaz. 6: 184. 1881 (as Bigelovia)
Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. junceus (Greene) H. M. Hall
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Plants 40–70 cm. Stems yellowish green, usually leafless at flowering, compactly tomentose. Leaves yellowish green; blades 1-nerved, filiform, 10–30 × 0.7–1 mm, faces compactly tomentose. Involucres 9.5–12 mm. Phyllaries 22–25, apices erect, acute, abaxial faces tomentose or glabrate. Corollas 7–8.5 mm, tubes hairy, lobes 0.7–0.9 mm, villous; style appendages longer than stigmatic portions. Cypselae hairy; pappi 5.6–7.6 mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Blackbrush, matchweed, shadscale, and pinyon-juniper communities
Elevation: 1200–1800 m
Distribution
Ariz., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
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