Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu

Common names: Brittle spineflower
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 470. Mentioned on page 469.
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Plants 0.5–3(–5) × 0.5–3 dm. Leaf blades oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1.5–3(–4) × 0.1–0.3(–0.5) cm, apex acute. Involucres distinctly and prominently ribbed at maturity. 2n = 38, 40, 42, (46).


Phenology: Flowering Feb–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy places, mixed grassland, saltbush, creosote bush, and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: -60-3000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).

Discussion

Variety brevicornu is known only from the warm Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James L. Reveal +
Torrey +
Brittle spineflower +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Mexico (Baja California +  and Sonora). +
-60-3000 m +
Sandy places, mixed grassland, saltbush, creosote bush, and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands +
Flowering Feb–Jul. +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
Illustrated +
Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu +
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