Herbs usually glabrous throughout, sometimes glan­dular puberulent on distal parts, especially on ovaries. Leaves 1–5 × 0.15–1 cm, fascicles of small leaves to 1 cm (when present); blade linear to oblanceolate or lance­olate, base attenuate to obtuse, rarely nearly clasping, margins entire or subentire, rarely undulate. Flowers: buds with free tips 0.5–3 mm; floral tube 30–50 mm; sepals 9–28 mm; petals 10–30 mm; filaments 5–12 mm, anthers 5–13 mm; style 40–75 mm. 2n = 14.

Phenology: Flowering Apr–Oct.
Habitat: In scattered populations on clay or gravelly soil, sometimes calcareous, in grasslands, often with Juniperus and Prosopis, to woodlands with Juniperus, Pinus edulis, sometimes Pinus ponderosa.
Elevation: 300–2200 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua).

Discussion

Subspecies fendleri is known from Barber, Comanche, and Morton counties, Kansas, south through western Oklahoma and scattered sites in the Texas Panhandle to eastern Chihuahua, central trans-Pecos Texas, central and western New Mexico, and east-central Arizona. It is the most distinctive subspecies in the complex.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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