Difference between revisions of "Chloropyron tecopense"
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Latest revision as of 19:25, 5 November 2020
Stems erect to spreading, 5–60 cm, sparsely puberulent, hairs glandular and eglandular. Leaf blades linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–15 × 1–2 mm, margins entire. Spikes 2–15 cm; bracts often purple distally, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 10–15 mm, margins pinnately 3-lobed near middle. Flowers: calyx 10–13 mm; corolla pale lavender to pale lilac, 10–15 mm, lobes 4–5 mm, occasionally marked with red-brown or purple-red lines; stamens 2, each with 2 pollen sacs; staminodes 2. Capsules narrowly ellipsoid, 5–7 mm. Seeds 8–10, brown, ± reniform, 2–3 mm, without abaxial crest. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Alkaline meadows and flats.
Elevation: 100–900 m.
Discussion
Chloropyron tecopense has a delicate appearance because of their slender branches with relatively small, appressed leaves. The species is found in Inyo and eastern San Bernardino counties in California and in Esmeralda County in western Nevada.
Selected References
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