Eriogonum mensicola
Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 16. 1941.
Herbs, erect, (1–)1.5–3 × 1–2 dm, tomentose, grayish. Stems slightly spreading to erect, without persistent leaf bases, up to 1/5 height of plant; caudex stems absent; aerial flowering stems erect, slender, solid, not fistulose, 0.5–1(–1.3) dm, tomentose. Leaves basal, 1 per node; petiole 1–2 cm, tomentose; blade round, (0.3–)0.5–1.5 × (0.3–)1–1.5 cm, tomentose abaxially, thinly floccose and green adaxially, or white-tomentose on both surfaces, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose with involucres racemosely disposed at tips, 10–15(–20) × 0.6–3(–5) cm; branches dichotomous, tomentose; bracts 3, scalelike, linear to narrowly triangular, and 1–3 mm, or leaflike, ovate to orbiculate, and 5–12 × 5–12 mm. Peduncles absent. Involucres 1 per node, campanulate, 2–3(–4) × 2–4 mm, tomentose; teeth 5, erect, 0.4–0.8 mm. Flowers 3–4 mm, perianth white to whitish brown, glabrous; tepals connate proximal 1/4, monomorphic, oblanceolate; stamens exserted, 3–6 mm; filaments pilose proximally. Achenes light brown, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky to gravelly flats and slopes, sagebrush and mountain mahogany communities, pinyon-juniper and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1800-2700 m
Discussion
Eriogonum mensicola is infrequent in the Inyo Mountains and the Panamint and Coso ranges of Inyo County, California, with a disjunct population on the Sheep Range in Clark County, Nevada.
Selected References
None.