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|accepted_name=Coleogyne ramosissima
|accepted_authority=Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=6(2)[as 5(1)]: 8, plate 4. 1853
|year=1853
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Kerrieae;Coleogyne;Coleogyne ramosissima
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Kerrieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Coleogyne]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Coleogyne ramosissima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 391
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>strigose, medifixed hairs to 0.5 mm; internodes 1–2 cm, short-shoot spurs to 7 mm, 1 mm thick. <b>Leaves</b>: 0.4–1(–1.2) mm, base clasping; stipules acute, free portion 0.2–0.5 mm; blade 3-angled in cross section, 0.6–1.4 mm wide, abaxially 5-ribbed, apex acute, surfaces strigose. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals ovate to broadly ovate or obovate, concave-convex, 5–7 mm, outer pair acuminate, inner cuspidate, abaxially red-green, strigose, adaxially yellow to orange-yellow, glabrous; petals, if present, 5–8 mm; stamens borne between sepals and on proximal 1/2 of torus sheath, filaments yellow, 5–8 mm; torus sheath light yellow, tubular, narrowly obconic, 4–6(–9) mm, thick-membranous, exterior glabrous, interior long-sericeous proximally, hair tips slightly protruding from orifice of sheath; styles 5–6 mm, slender, stigmas 3–5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> red-brown. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Arid scrub zones, Great Basin and Mojave deserts, pinyon-juniper, Joshua tree woodlands
|elevation=(300–)900–1800(–2400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.
|discussion=<p>In the Great Basin and Mojave deserts, <i>Coleogyne ramosissima</i> is the dominant shrub in areas of shallow soils underlain by a caliche layer (S. A. Lei and L. R. Walker 1997). In deeper soils, grasses and other shrubs prevent dominance by <i>C. ramosissima</i>. The species has a notably long life span; seedling establishment is rare in arid sites but is more likely at higher elevations and in cooler portions of the species's range (R. H. Webb et al. 1987; S. E. Meyer and B. K. Pendleton 2005).</p><!--
--><p>In some areas <i>Coleogyne ramosissima</i> provides important cover and winter browse for mule deer and desert bighorn sheep (D. L. Jeffries and J. M. Klopatek 1987). It is used to a much lesser extent by domestic livestock. B. K. Pendleton and R. L. Pendleton (1998) show the species is wind pollinated.</p>
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name=Coleogyne ramosissima
|author=
|authority=Torrey
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Arid scrub zones, Great Basin and Mojave deserts, pinyon-juniper, Joshua tree woodlands
|elevation=(300–)900–1800(–2400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1853
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Kerrieae
|genus=Coleogyne
|species=Coleogyne ramosissima
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