Ericameria nauseosa var. ceruminosa
Phytologia 75: 85. 1993.
Common names: Desert rabbitbrush
Endemic
Basionym: Linosyris ceruminosus Durand & Hilgard Pl. Heermann., 40. 1854
Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. ceruminosus (Durand & Hilgard) H. M. Hall & Clements Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. ceruminosus (Durand & Hilgard) H. M. Hall
Plants 50–70 cm. Stems yellowish green, moderately leafy to nearly leafless, compact tomentose. Leaves yellowish green; blades 1-nerved, filiform, 10–30 × 0.7–1 mm, faces tomentulose. Involucres 7–8.5 mm. Phyllaries 16–26 (in vertical ranks), apices recurved, acuminate, abaxial faces tomentose to glabrate, glutinous. Corollas 6–7.5 mm, tubes glabrous, lobes 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous; style appendages shorter than stigmatic portions. Cypselae hairy; pappi 4.5–6.7 mm.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Gravelly arroyos
Elevation: 700–1700 m
Discussion
Variety ceruminosa grows in the Mojave Desert.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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