Pyrrocoma racemosa var. sessiliflora
Phytologia 73: 58. 1992.
Basionym: Pyrrocoma sessiliflora Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 11. 1909
Synonyms: Haplopappus racemosus subsp. sessiliflorus (Greene) H. M. Hall Haplopappus racemosus var. sessiliflorus (Greene) S. L. Welsh
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Plants 20–60 cm. Stems glabrous, glaucous. Leaves: basal blades linear-oblanceolate, 50–200 × 4–28 mm, thick, succulent, margins remotely and obscurely denticulate, glabrous, glaucous. Heads sessile or nearly so, crowded, in glomerate-spiciform arrays. Involucres obconic, 5–8 × 5–7 mm. Phyllaries: bases pale (chartaceous), margins ciliate, apices recurved, green, faces glabrous. Cypsela faces densely sericeous to glabrate. 2n = 12.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Alkaline flats, saline meadows and marshes
Elevation: 300–2200 m
Distribution
Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
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