Eriogonum microthecum var. johnstonii
Sci. Bull. Brigham Young Univ., Biol. Ser. 13(1): 28, fig. 15. 1971.
Subshrubs, 0.6–1.3 × 2–5 dm. Stems: caudex spreading; aerial flowering-stems 0.3–0.6 dm, floccose to subglabrous. Leaves: blade elliptic to ovate, 0.5–1 × (0.2–) 0.3–0.5 (–0.6) cm, densely whitish-brown-tomentose abaxially, floccose to subglabrous adaxially, margins not revolute. Inflorescences 0.5–3 cm; branches floccose to subglabrous. Involucres (2–) 2.5–3 mm, usually glabrous. Flowers (2.5–) 3–3.5 (–4) mm; perianth white to reddish. Achenes 2.5–3 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Granitic slopes, montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 2600-2900 m
Distribution
Calif.
Discussion
Variety johnstonii is rare and known only from the upper reaches of the San Gabriel Mountains near the San Bernardino–Los Angeles county line.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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