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|accepted_name=Chorizanthe breweri
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=12: 270. 1877
|year=1877
}}
|common_names=Brewer’s spineflower
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae;Chorizanthe;Chorizanthe subg. Amphietes;Chorizanthe sect. Ptelosepala;Chorizanthe breweri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chorizanthe]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Chorizanthe subg. Amphietes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chorizanthe sect. Ptelosepala]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chorizanthe breweri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 449
|treatment_page=page 464
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>ascending to decumbent, (0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2) × 1–5(–7) dm, thinly pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole 1–3 cm; blade spatulate to ovate, 0.5–2 × 0.3–1.2(–1.5) cm, thinly pubescent to densely tomentose at least abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> mostly flat-topped, open to rather densely branched, greenish to reddish; bracts persistent, 2, usually leaflike at proximal nodes and similar to leaf blades, short-petiolate, oblong to ovate, 0.3–0.8 cm × 2–6 mm, becoming sessile, reduced and scalelike at distal nodes, linear, acicular, often acerose, 0.1–0.5 cm × 0.5–1 mm, awns straight, 0.5–1 mm. <b>Involucres</b> in open clusters with 1 at node of dichotomies, reddish, cylindric, not ventricose, 2.5–3 mm, corrugate, without scarious or membranous margins, thinly pubescent with slender curly hairs; teeth spreading, unequal, 0.4–1.2 mm with 3 longer ones more erect than 3 shorter and less-prominent ones; awns uncinate, 0.3–0.6 mm. <b>Flowers</b> exserted; perianth white to rose or red, usually with white lobes, cylindric, 3–3.5 mm, pubescent; tepals connate ca. 1/2 their length, monomorphic to slightly dimorphic, narrowly oblong to obovate, rounded apically, those of outer whorl usually slightly broader and longer than those of inner whorl; stamens 9, mostly included; filaments distinct, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous; anthers pink to red, oblong, 0.4–0.5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> brown, lenticular, 2.5–3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Gravelly or rocky places, serpentine outcrops, mixed grassland and chaparral communities, pine-oak woodlands
|elevation=60-800 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Chorizanthe breweri</i> is found infrequently in the Coast Ranges of southwestern California.</p>
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name=Chorizanthe breweri
|author=
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Gravelly or rocky places, serpentine outcrops, mixed grassland and chaparral communities, pine-oak woodlands
|elevation=60-800 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1877
|special status=
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
|genus=Chorizanthe
|subgenus=Chorizanthe subg. Amphietes
|section=Chorizanthe sect. Ptelosepala
|species=Chorizanthe breweri
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