Oreostemma peirsonii
Phytologia 74: 314. 1993.
Common names: Peirson’s mountaincrown
Endemic
Basionym: Aster peirsonii Sharsmith Leafl. W. Bot. 5: 50. 1947
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 361.
Plants 2–7 cm; stems, phyllaries, and often leaves sparsely villous to glabrate, densely short-stipitate-glandular. Leaf blades linear. Phyllaries 1-nerved, herbaceous or slightly tawny-indurate proximally; outer 0.8–1.2 mm wide proximally.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, ridges, dry meadows
Elevation: 3000–3800 m
Discussion
Oreostemma peirsonii is known from the Sierra Nevada near the junction of Fresno, Tulare, and Inyo counties.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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