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Involucral teeth lobelike, at least half as long as tube, usually reflexed or spreading |
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Perianths pubescent abaxially |
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Perianths glabrous abaxially |
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Flowering stems (actually scapes) without subtending bracts on stem or below involucre; e California to se Oregon, s Idaho, sw Montana, w Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, and nw Arizona |
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123 Eriogonum caespitosum |
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Flowering stems with whorl of subtending bracts at base of umbel, near middle of stem, or near middle of branches |
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Involucres usually more than 1 per, subtended by (2-)3-several leafy bracts at base of umbel; inflorescences compound-umbellate or umbellate, occasionally with whorl of bracts midlength on central branch of an umbel; flowering stem usually without whorl of bracts near middle |
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Involucre 1 per inflorescence, not immediately subtended by leafy bracts; inflorescences capitate; flowering stems with whorl of bracts near middle |
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Flowers (5-)6-9 mm; perianth bright or pale yellow or ochroleucous to cream; leaf blades lanate to tomentose, floccose, or glabrous on both surfaces; plants 0.5-4 dm; ne California to e Washington, s Idaho, and n Nevada |
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120 Eriogonum sphaerocephalum |
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Flowers 4-5 mm; perianth bright yellow; leaf blades densely tomentose on both surfaces; plants 2.5-5 dm; n California |
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117 Eriogonum tripodum |
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Leaf blades tomentose or lanate adaxially; e Washington to n and ec California, and nw and ne Nevada |
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121 Eriogonum douglasii |
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Leaf blades thinly tomentose to nearly glabrous and green adaxially; widespead |
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Leaf blades usually linear-oblanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate; n California and nw Nevada to sw Idaho, Oregon, and c Washington |
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120 Eriogonum sphaerocephalum (in part) |
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Leaf blades oblanceolate to elliptic; s Sierra Navada in Tulare County, California |
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122 Eriogonum twisselmannii |
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Inflorescences capitate, without subtending bracts immediately below involucre; flowering stems with a whorl of leafy bracts ca. midlength; perianths yellow |
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Inflorescence umbellate or compound-umbellate, subtended by leafy bracts immediately below umbel; flowering stems occasionally with an additional whorl of bracts ca. midlength; perianths various shades of white, yellow, or rose |
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Leaf blades 0.5-1.5(-2) cm, densely tomentose on both surfaces, or subglabrous and pale green adaxially; plants erect or rounded herbs or subshrubs, occasionally matted; Sierra Nevada from Nevada County to Frenso County |
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116 Eriogonum prattenianum (in part) |
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Leaf blades (0.3-)0.5-0.8 cm, sparsely floccose to glabrate and bright green or olive green adaxially; plants matted herbs; Scott Mountain and Mt. Eddy region, Siskiyou and Trinity counties, California |
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110 Eriogonum siskiyouense |
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Flowering stems usually with whorl of leafy bracts ca. midlength; leaf blades usually linear to oblanceolate; s British Columbia and Washington to w Montana s to ne California, Idaho, n Nevada, Wyoming, c Utah, and nw Colorado |
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108 Eriogonum heracleoides |
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Flowering stems without a whorl of leafy bracts ca. midlength (present in E. umbellatum var. argus); leaf blades variable; equally widespread, extending to s California and n Arizona |
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Stipelike bases of flowers 0.1-0.4 mm |
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Stipelike bases of flowers 0.7-2 mm |
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Flowers 5-7 mm; achenes 4.5-6 mm; flowering stems prostrate to decumbent or weakly erect; inflorescences subcapitate to umbellate, infrequently 2-umbellate; n California, sw Oregon, and wc Nevada |
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138 Eriogonum lobbii (in part) |
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Flowers 7-9 mm; achenes 6-8 mm; flowering stems erect or nearly so; inflorescences 2-umbellate; wc Nevada |
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139 Eriogonum robustum (in part) |
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Leaf blades 0.3-3(-4) cm; flowering stems not fistulose; w North America |
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107 Eriogonum umbellatum |
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Leaf blades (2-)7-25 cm; flowering stems occasionally fistulose; nw Idaho n to California, Oregon, Washington |
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Perianths pubescent abaxially |
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Perianths usually glabrous abaxially |
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Leaf blades pilose or hirtellous to glabrescent abaxially |
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Leaf blades tomentose abaxially |
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Leaf blades pilose, 1-3(-3.5) cm; perianths cream to pale yellow; flowers 3-6 mm; ec California, wc Nevada |
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135 Eriogonum latens |
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Leaf blades hirtellous to glabrescent, 0.5-2(-2.5) cm; perianths bright yellow; flowers 3-3.5(-4) mm; Del Norte and Siskiyou counties, California |
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136 Eriogonum hirtellum |
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Flowering stems with whorl of 6-10(-12) bracts ca. midlength; leaf blades silky-villous to sericeous adaxially; se Washington to ne Oregon and sw Idaho |
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118 Eriogonum thymoides |
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Flowering stems without whorl of bracts ca. midlength; leaf blades not silky-villous to sericeous adaxially; widespread |
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Perianths white to rose; inflorescences subtended by 2 bracts; flowering stems weakly erect to ascending or prostrate; s British Columbia and Washington to n California to w Montana |
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137 Eriogonum pyrolifolium |
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Perianths white to cream or yellow; inflorescences subtended by 3-10 or more bracts; flowerings stem weakly erect or erect to ascending; widespread |
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Perianths white to cream; e Arizona, Colorado, sw Kansas, New Mexico, w Texas |
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128 Eriogonum jamesii |
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Perianths pale to bright yellow; n Arizona and Colorado n to Alaska and Canada |
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Inflorescences capitate or subcapitate to umbellate or, if compound-umbellate, plants of e Utah, Colorado, and nw New Mexico; plants matted, often cespitose, perennials usually shorter than 3 dm; Colorado Plateau, Rocky Mountains, and n Great Plains from n Arizona and New Mexico to Alaska and Canada |
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Inflorescences compound-umbellate; plants not matted, taller than 3 dm or, if 1.5-3 dm, then plants of n Texas; se New Mexico, n Texas, nw Virginia, and e West Virginia |
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Achenes glabrous; perianths pale yellow; sw Alberta and nw Montana |
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134 Eriogonum androsaceum |
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Achenes sparsely pubescent on beak; perianths yellow; widespread |
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Inflorescences compound-umbellate or, if umbellate or capitate, not of distribution of E. flavum; Colorado Plateau, s Rocky Mountains and w edge of Great Plains from s Wyoming to n Arizona and n New Mexico |
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129 Eriogonum arcuatum |
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Inflorescences subcapitate or umbellate; n Great Plains and n Rocky Mountains, Wyoming and Nebraska north to Canada and Alaska, west to e Oregon and Washington 133. Eriogonum flavum |
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Leaf blades 4-8 cm wide; nw Virginia, e West Virginia. |
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132 Eriogonum allenii |
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Leaf blades 1-3.5 cm wide; se New Mexico, n Texas |
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Plants 4-5 dm; leaf blades (2.5-)3-6.5 cm; se New Mexico |
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130 Eriogonum wootonii |
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Plants 1.5-3.5(-4) dm; leaf blades (2-)4-12(-15) cm; n Texas |
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131 Eriogonum correllii |
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Inflorescences not immediately subtended by bracts; flowering stems seemingly with whorl of bracts near middle (portion below whorl technically is a flowering stem, whereas portion above whorl but below solitary involucre technically is a peduncle); California |
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Inflorescences immediately subtended by whorl of bracts; flowering stems without a whorl of bracts near middle; California, w Nevada, s Oregon, disjunct in Washington |
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Perianths whitish to pinkish or rose-red; leaf blades silky-tomentose and silvery abaxially, 0.1-0.3(-0.4) cm wide; Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California |
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119 Eriogonum kelloggii |
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Perianths yellow; leaf blades tomentose abaxially, 0.2-2(-3) cm wide; not of Mendocino County, California |
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Flowering stems (0.3-)0.4-0.6 dm; leaf blades 1-2(-3) cm wide; Mt. Eddy and Scott Mountain, Siskiyou and Trinity counties, California |
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140 Eriogonum alpinum |
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Flowering stems 0.5-3 dm; leaf blades 0.2-0.7(-0.8) cm wide; not of Mt. Eddy and Scott Mountain, Siskiyou and Trinity counties, California |
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Perianths sparsely pubescent abaxially; involucral teeth 5-8, 0.5-1.5 mm; North Coast Ranges, Trinity and Tehama counties, California |
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112 Eriogonum libertini (in part) |
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Perianths glabrous; involucral teeth 8-10, 1-3 mm; Sierra Nevada, Nevada County to Frenso County, California |
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116 Eriogonum prattenianum (in part) |
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Perianths chalky white, white to rose, or creamy yellow to pale yellowish; stipelike bases of flowers 0.1-0.4 mm |
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Perianths yellow to brownish or sulphur yellow, ochroleucous, or cream and sometimes suffused with blush of pinkish red to maroon, rarely white; stipelike bases of flowers 0.3-1.5 mm |
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Perianths chalky white; flowers 2.5-3.5 mm; involucres (2-)2.5-3.5(-4) mm; Fresno and Tulare counties, California |
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124 Eriogonum polypodum |
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Perianths white to rose or creamy yellow to pale yellowish; flowers 5-9 mm; n California, wc Nevada |
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Flowers 5-7 mm; achenes 4.5-6 mm; flowering stems prostrate to decumbent or weakly erect; inflorescences subcapitate to umbellate, infrequently 2-umbellate; n California, sw Oregon, and wc Nevada |
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138 Eriogonum lobbii (in part) |
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Flowers 7-9 mm; achenes 6-8 mm; flowering stems erect or nearly so; inflorescences 2-umbellate; wc Nevada |
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139 Eriogonum robustum (in part) |
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Plants dioecious, with morphologically different pistillate and staminate plants in fruit |
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Plants synoecious, without morphologically different plants in fruit |
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Leaf blades glabrate and bright green to olive green adaxially; ne California, wc Nevada, s Oregon, disjunct to Yakima County, Washington |
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125 Eriogonum marifolium |
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Leaf blades lanate to tomentose on both surfaces, usually not green adaxially; Sierra Nevada or Siskiyou and Trinity mountains, California, Oregon, and Nevada |
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Pistillate inflorescences capitate, umbellate after fertilization; leaf blades oblong to oblong-ovate or spatulate, 0.5-1.5 × 0.3-0.7 cm, tomentose; petioles (0.3-)0.5-1 cm; Sierra Nevada of ec California and wc Nevada |
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126 Eriogonum incanum |
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Pistillate inflorescences usually persistently capitate, rarely umbellate after fertilization; leaf blades elliptic to ovate, (0.5-)1-2 × 0.5-1.5 cm, lanate; petioles 0.7-3 cm; Siskiyou and Trinity mountains, nw California and sw Oregon |
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127 Eriogonum diclinum |
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Perianths white, cream, ochroleucous, pale yellow, or rarely yellow; involucres villous |
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Perianths sulphur yellow; involucres tomentose |
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Flowering stems 0.4-4 dm; inflorescences compound-umbellate; perianths cream, pale yellow, or rarely yellow; Sierra Nevada, Placer County to Shasta County, or n Coast Ranges, Shasta and Trinity counties to Siskiyou County, California |
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114 Eriogonum ursinum |
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Flowering stems 0.2-0.6(-1) dm; inflorescences subcapitate; perianths white to ochroleucous; n Coast Ranges, Sonoma and Lake counties, California |
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115 Eriogonum nervulosum |
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Inflorescences not immediately subtended by bracts; flowering stems seemingly with a whorl of bracts near middle (portion below whorl is flowering stem, portion above whorl but below solitary involucre is peduncle); flowers 5-8 mm; n Coast Ranges in Trinity and Tehama counties, California |
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112 riogonum libertini (in part) |
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Inflorescences subtended by a whorl of bracts immediately below umbel or head of several involucres; flowering stems not with a whorl of bracts near middle; flowers 3-6 mm; Del Norte, Siskiyou, Trinity, and Tehama counties, California, n to Curry and Josephine counties, Oregon |
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Leaf blade margins not revolute, blade oblong to obovate, (0.4-)0.8-1.3 cm wide; plants matted; n Coast Ranges, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Trinity, and Tehama counties, California, to Curry and Josephine counties, Oregon |
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111 Eriogonum ternatum |
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Leaf blade margins revolute, blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, 0.3-0.6(-0.8) cm wide; plants subshrubs; Trinity and Siskiyou counties, California |
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113 Eriogonum congdonii |
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