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manatee aero Clara County, and in San cme po eee intermediates are to be found in which the inflorescence 
nsely flowered and the peduncles are shor 
yllum tanacetiflbrum Greene, neti * 21. 1889. (Eriophyllum confertiforum var. tanacetifolium 
Teeunnn 4784 “a Pl. ae whip oi ue ie FO: shrubby, 3-6 dm. high, with erect, pita simple, leafy stems, 
tomentum dense annos Pathan nt. like those of E. jepsonit but m wy orter; inflorescence of 
close corymbose Aber wit ith 2 —10 Ress. bee! bag sessile or with peduncles to 2. Se long; involucre densely 
tomentose, 5—7 mm. high, ea aggre the Bg rab overlapping, ovate, broadly pe to eben cariaate at the 
— “_ sist Pi lacking, es AF rs long, ‘glandu lar-hairy, tube roat nar- 
wly achenes TAs - ti wey to i ar iiabcoan pappus-paleae of avandia “icaath. Foot- 
hills oe ee — "Nevadin California, in Re and Mariposa Counties. ype locality: between Sheep Ranch 
and Murphy’s, Calaveras Count 
Eriophyllum latilébum Redb. N. Amer. FI. 1914. Plants perennial, stems leafy, 3-4 dm. high; 
leaves Gens ic to obovate in outline, deeply 3-lobed, a divisions often toothed or lobed, prin abors, tommentone 
heneath; heads 10 or more in loose clusters on a gana 2.5 em. lon = involuc ~— a high, 7-10 mm. broad; 
phyllaries 6-8, ovate and somewhat overlapping, ra 8 igh ia entire dala oblo ong; tubes - disk. and 
ray-flowers glandular; achenes 3 mm. long, pi iat or very aparsely hispelcious. the pappus- agg of texted 
laciniate. Ay very restricted endemic found in San Mateo County in the hills west of San Mate where it ¢ 
on slopes covered with mixed California live oak, buckeye, and shrubs. 
3. Eriophyllum confertiflorum (DC.) A. Gray. Yellow Yarrow. Fig. 5369. 
Bahia confertiflora DC. Prod. 5: 657. 1836 
Eriophyllum csnteriiel ds. Gray, Prod. Amer. Acad. 19: 
Eriophyllum confertifiorum var. discotdeum Greene, Man. Bay ag tenis 207. 1894, 
Eriophyllum cheiranthoides Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 34: 95. 1915. 
Erioph a biternatum Rydb. op. cit. < 
ir i i 
Frio ph vifiie 4 crucigerum Rydb. loc. cit. 
bhai plants, the tomentum more or less a ee Sieg stems ge below and branch- 
ing, the upper stems erect and slender, 2-6 dm. high. Leaves 1-4 cm. long, the upper surface 
raat ag psa Se , once- or twice-pinnatifid into lends Saaer lobes (s papers. a earlier 
i imes cleft ; s in clusters 
at the ends ranches 3- : 
—- broadly elliptic, carinate, strongly overlapping; piace mm. long, few, 
metimes lacking, the rays oval or gis J isk-flowers 2-3 mm. long, glandular-hirsute or 
nuheralen t, the tube shorter than the narrowly campanulate throat; achenes linear-clavate, 
Poms hisnididous or sparsely pr peas: -paleae about 1 mm. long, few to several, 
= open chaparral and rocky places, mostly Upper Sonoran Zone; Outer and Inner Coast Ranges from Mendo- 
cino and Tehama Countijes south to southern Pky Sues and northern Lower Califoriia, and in the foothills of 
the Sierra Nevada from Calaveras County to Tu unty and the mountain ranges of southern California. Type 
locality : be te Collected by Deans: aoc rig, is 
As indie ntl ~ ens anee Madd Calif. Pub. Bot. 18: 107-109. 1937), this is a widespread and polymorphic 
complex in which individuals are seemingly, susceptible to oe modification and the growth forms show 
i ties have bee sed on such distinct characters as discoid heads 
range of 
here condidensd to be svnonyms of the typical form. Two o sect Pid rar show a gar re dis- 
aww bonne with ~ seonog ae sae <Aistinguish them are r as taxonomic 
hvllum confer Gray. Proc. perridg head 19%°25. fies “(Bahia tenutfolia 
DC. Tr rod. ne coat 1836: "Eriophstinn enol Rydb. N. Amer. FI. 34: 96. Rt stan Habit and alg of the 
nam ; upper stems ; leaves with narrow divisions; inflorescence open, aaenere, 
t e peduucion e 3 cm. long; ade bade ie st longer than in E. confertifiorum var. coumevithor Dry 
ees. in California from Santa Clara Couate a the Tehachapi Mountains in the Inner Coast Ranges. * gs eastern 
face of the Santa Lucia Mountains, and the higher foothills of the Sierra Ne vada in Mariposa County; also 
appearing sporadically in the mount: gu f southern California. Here the inflorescences usua ally} hase more ass 
and the peduncles tend to be of equal length. Type locality: California, Crcqumably on drier slopes of the Santa 
Lucia Mountains. Collected by Bor i eh also by Coulter. 
5369. Eriophyllum confertiflorum 
5368. Eriophyllum jepsonii 
