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seed-producing flowers usually on same plant 

 (sometimes only seed-producing flowers present); 

 pollen-producing flowers smaller, above the larger, 

 long-white-silky-hairy seed-producing flowers in 

 the leafy-bracted, spikelike end clusters; low half- 

 shrubs, much-branched at base, with several to 

 many stems from a deep taproot; dry, alkaline 

 soils; locally, e. Oreg., e. Wash. 



common winterfat (Eurotia lanata). 



Pollen-producing flowers, 

 one enlarged 



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Seed-producing flowers, 

 one enlarged 



Leaves, one enlarged to 

 show rolled-under mar- 

 gin and prominent mid- 

 rib on under surface 



Much-branched base and "v. 



taproot 



Enlargement to show hairs 

 and new clustered leaves 

 in old leafstalk axil 



Common winterfat 



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