View source for Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis

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|accepted_name=Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis
|accepted_authority=(D. C. Eaton) S. L. Welsh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Great Basin Naturalist
|place=43: 314. 1983
|year=1983
}}
|common_names=Antelope Island skeletonplant
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Lygodesmia juncea var. dianthopsis
|authority=D. C. Eaton
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication_place=200. 1871
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lygodesmia dianthopsis
|authority=(D. C. Eaton) Tomb
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Lygodesmia;Lygodesmia grandiflora;Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lygodesmia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lygodesmia grandiflora]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 371
|treatment_page=page 372
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(5–)20–60 cm. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, purple proximally, slender, simple or sparingly branched from bases or distally, smooth (glabrous or tomentulose). <b>Leaves</b>: (proximalmost reduced to scales at ground level) proximal blades linear, 50–110 × 2–6 mm, ± lax; distal linear, less than 10 mm, distally reduced to linear scales. <b>Heads</b> 2–13, in loose, corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> subcylindric, 15–22 × 4–5 mm, apices narrow. <b>Phyllaries</b> 5–6. <b>Florets</b> 5; corollas purple to lavender or white. <b>Cypselae</b> 12–19 mm, abaxial faces smooth, adaxial distinctly rugose, weakly sulcate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Sandy and gravelly soils in juniper-pinyon scrub, open fields, sandy roadsides
|elevation=1300–2500 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Variety dianthopsis is recognized by its slender, erect, leafy stems, purplish at base, persistent cauline leaves, phyllaries with appendages, 5–6 florets per head, and distinctive rugose-roughened cypselae. It usually is taller than <i></i>var.<i> arizonica</i>. The stems and leaves are occasionally sparsely tomentulose.</p>
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name=Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis
|authority=(D. C. Eaton) S. L. Welsh
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Lygodesmia dianthopsis
|basionyms=Lygodesmia juncea var. dianthopsis
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Sandy and gravelly soils in juniper-pinyon scrub, open fields, sandy roadsides
|elevation=1300–2500 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Great Basin Naturalist
|publication year=1983
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Lygodesmia
|species=Lygodesmia grandiflora
|variety=Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis
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