Oönopsis wardii
Pittonia 3: 46. 1896.
Common names: Ward’s goldenweed
Basionym: Haplopappus fremontii var. wardii A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 128. 1884 (as Aplopappus fremonti var. wardi)
Synonyms: Haplopappus fremontii subsp. wardii (A. Gray) H. M. Hall Haplopappus wardii (A. Nelson) A. Nelson Oönopsis condensata (A. Gray) Greene Oönopsis wardii var. condensata A. Nelson
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Plants (4–)9–30 cm. Stems glabrous. Leaf blades oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or oblong-oblanceolate, 19–120 × 2–11(–16) mm, cauline bases not auriculate or clasping, distalmost cauline abruptly reduced. Heads not immediately subtended by leaflike bracts. Involucres 10–17 mm. Phyllary apices long-acuminate to long-acute, not apiculate or cuspidate. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 10–45. Cypselae 4.5–6.1(–7) mm, faces glabrous. 2n = 10.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Barren selenium hills and flats, alkaline clay flats, shale-alkali ridges, disturbed roadsides
Elevation: 2000–2300 m
Discussion
Oönopsis wardii grows in Albany, Carbon, and Natrona counties.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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