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ee weak variants have been named which vary from Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei by the characters 
listed below. 
Eri astetime wallacei var. rubéllum A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Ac ad. 25. 1883. (Bahia rubella A. Gray, 
Mex. und, 95. 1859.) Like the preceding in habit and “distinguished only in having the ray-flowers pale 
earsis, on or rarely white. Desert slopes above the Colorado’ Desert in Riverside and San Diego Commies, 
negenhnes Type locality: near San Felipe, San Diees County 
hyllum wallacei var. calvéscens Blake, Journ. Wash. Acad. 19: 278. 1929. (Eriophylium aureum 
Kine opie Gaz. 27: 449. 1899.) Identical with var wallacet oe nak pa es a are “coiupletely 
lacking or reduced a mere ring. This form appears to be restrict variety 1s also 
found in this area, to the lower Owens Valley: anne pets California, southward along the western e 
the Mojave Desert to Victorville. r ich is the type localit 
ri iss a nth weet, subsp. eg fi "CRyab) Wi pee, s, Contr. Dudley Herb. ‘3: 304, 1944, (Antheropeas 
austr . Fl. 34: 98. ae ) As E. wallacet var. i ors, but having the paleae nearly as long 
as a Pr i ee achenes with eos sed — Ps character of ag besa achenes, however, occurs s' 
recently throuhout aie range of the typical form var. rubellum; the longer pappus-paleae may be — ed 
rado 
tet gh atone into adjacent Lower Cali fornia. Type locality: “mountains of northern Lower Caitfornn it 
11. Eriophyllum multicatle (DC.) A. Gray. Many-stemmed Eriophyllum. 
Fig. 5377 
Actinolepis multicaulis DC. Prod. 5: 656. 1836. 
plantain multicanits var, ane a A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 546. 1865. 
A. Gray, op. cit. 19: 24. 1883. 
sely floccose, diffuse annual 2-15 c high, becoming glabrate below, much branched 
m 
w ; heads in le 
ches, nearly grit: pote es mm. lon ee Th phyllaries 5-7, elliptic, strongly 
ece ne 
rm ina iall dee g Ww 
3-7, vellow, ligules obevete: fanatia wly toothed at pe a ne mm. long; disk-flowers less than 
mm. long, the glandular-puber lent get ames than the Farrer yore throat; achenes about 
2 long, black, sparsely strigose to glabrous; pappus of 10-1 rrow, unequal, laciniate, 
acuminate paleae or rarely obsolete, ein ia the corolla-tube. 
n sandy soil, pper Sonoran Zone; Mosier and San Benito Counties, California, south to San Diego 
oa i Fe also rep orted f rom Arizona by Kearney & Peebles. Type locality: California. Collected by Douglas. 
are 
12. Eriophyllum pringlei A. Gray. Pringle’s Eriophyllum. Fig. 5378. 
Briophytae: pringlet A. me Proc. Amer. Acad. 19: 25. 1883. 
ran. 441. 1897 
De aay white. ps en an aitate 2-5 cm. high, becoming somewhat ex in age on 
the lower stems, much branched from the base and more or less tufted. Leaves 3-8 mm. long, 
flabelliform or broadly spatulate, with 3 rounded lobes at the apex, revolt: ey od sessile or 
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ra rs la -fl rs the widely 
late throat and a lobes ; nes 5-n , about 2 mm. long, black, densely strigose ; pappus- 
paleae 5-10, silv ae pe bong g eat or obtuse, with ‘laciniate-fringed margin, a little 
shorter than the co yaa tube in len 
Gravelly mesas ee 4 lopes, Son —_ ones; eastern San Luis Obispo County, Californi ia, Greenh n 
Kern Co aay and the eastern side o ae Sierra ie vada and oom age of —- California from eas aed 
Inyo Counties to San Diego County, pacbrert; to southern Nevada and western and southern Arizona. Type 
locality: Mojave Desert, California. March-May 
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5376. Eriophyllum wallacei 5377. Eriophyllum multicaule 
