Eriogonum deflexum var. nevadense

Reveal

Phytologia 25: 206. 1973.

Common names: Nevada skeleton weed
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 395.

Plants 0.5–3(–5) dm. Flowering stems not fistulose. Inflorescences flat-topped, spreading. Peduncles absent or deflexed, 0.1–0.3 cm. Involucres turbinate, 1.5–2 mm. Flowers 1–1.5(–2) mm; tepals oblong. 2n = 40.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly washes, flats, and slopes, saltbush, greasewood, and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1000-2200 m

Discussion

Variety nevadense is the common expression of the species in the Great Basin. It occurs from northeastern Inyo and southern Mono counties, California, eastward into central Nevada (Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Washoe, and White Pine counties) north of the Mojave Desert (as defined by presence of creosote bush).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James L. Reveal +
Reveal +
Eriogonum sect. Ganysma +
Nevada skeleton weed +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1000-2200 m +
Sandy to gravelly washes, flats, and slopes, saltbush, greasewood, and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands +
Flowering Jun–Oct. +
Eriogonum deflexum var. nevadense +
Eriogonum deflexum +
variety +