Dieteria canescens var. incana
Sida 20: 1396. 2003.
Endemic
Basionym: Diplopappus incanus Lindley Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 20: plate 1693. 1834
Synonyms: Dieteria incana (Lindley) Torrey & A. Gray Machaeranthera canescens var. incana (Lindley) A. Gray Machaeranthera incana (Lindley) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 399.
Annuals, biennials, or short-lived perennials. Stems usually 1, stiffly erect, canescent, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular; branches widely divaricate, straight, stiff. Mid leaf blades linear-lanceolate to linear. Peduncles equaling or longer than involucres. Involucres broadly turbinate, 6–10(–12) mm. Phyllaries in 5–10 series, usually reflexed, apices usually canescent, stipitate-glandular. Ray florets pistillate, fertile. Cypselae sparsely to moderately appressed-hairy.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Grasslands, sagebrush scrublands, usually in sandy or alluvial soils along streams
Elevation: 300–1500 m
Distribution
B.C., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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