Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 416.

Plants 6–18(–40) cm. Stems decumbent to ascending. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 50–140 × 9–16 mm, margins entire or slightly undulate. Involucres 20–34 mm wide. Phyllaries narrowly obovate, apices abruptly acute. Cypsela faces sericeous. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Meadows, open rocky slopes, limestone outcrops in shrub communities
Elevation: 2500–3800 m

Discussion

R. A. Mayes (1976) suggested a relationship between var. clementis and Pyrrocoma crocea.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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