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Eriogonum nudum var. decurrens
(S. Stokes) M.L. Bowerman
Family:
Polygonaceae
FNA
Resources
Craig C. Freeman, James L. Reveal in Flora of North America (vol. 5)
Plants
5-12(-15) dm.
Aerial flowering stems
occasionally slightly fistulose, 3-6 dm, tomentose.
Leaves
sheathing; blade 1-3 × 1-1.5 cm, tomentose abaxially, thinly floccose or glabrous adaxially, margins undulate-crisped.
Inflorescences
cymose, 50-100 × 30-60 cm; branches tomentose.
Involucres
1-2 per cluster, 4-6 mm, tomentose.
Flowers
3-4 mm; perianth white, glabrous.
Flowering Jul-Oct. Deep sandy flats and slopes, chaparral communities, oak and pine woodlands; 90-200 m; Calif.
Variety
decurrens
is restricted to the Ben Lomand sand hills area of Santa Cruz County, where it is uncommon.
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