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15. Haplopappus eximius H. M. Hall. Tahoe Tonestus. Fig. 5460. 
Haplopappus eximius H. M. Hall, Univ. Calif. Pub. or 6: 170. 1915 
Tonestus eximius Nels. & siace: Bot. Gaz. 65: 70. 1918. 
Perennial herb with few to several erect leafy stems 3-15 cm. high from a subterranean, 
branched, slender aie: or deep rhizomes, forming a loose mat up to 8 dm. across, the herbage 
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2-seriate, subequal, lanceolate, attenuate, ciliolate, scarious, reddish above; ray-florets 15-20, the 
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summits near treeline, Hudsonian Zone; high Sierra Neva be ae en ka eae County, Nevada, 
to seco on California. Type ta oh g Mer 1 kilometer south-southwest of Angora Peak, Eldorado 
County. July— 
16. = le (Keck) J. T. Howell. Inyo Tonestus. Fig. 5461. 
aplopappus eximius subsp. peirsonit Keck, Madrofio 5: 169. 1940. 
reins mets peirsonit J. T. Howell, pani West. Bot. 6: 86. 1950. 
bit of H. sah ag but more robust, the a beri g but rarely producing dt oie 
rhizomes, the stems to 20 cm. high. Leaves 3-8 cm 10-25 mm. wide, less deeply toothed ; 
heads larger, the Oi des e 14-18 mm. hi oh, 30 ae wide (pressed) ; phyllaries Caine the 
disk, the outer lance tate t or lance- pice. mostly acute. 
Rocky summits near a. Hudsonian and Arctic-Alpine Zones; principally east of the Sierran ieee - 
a County, California, and a n Fresno County. Type locality: Upper Rock Creek Lake Basin, Inyo Cou 
ee Harlopepnis xa saaepcsii A. Gray. Woolly Stenotus. Fig. 5462. 
n Torr. Bot. Wilkes Exp. 347. 1874. 
Ast dee dick keriant Riatek, Ge n. "Pl. 1: 316. 1891. 
Stenotus er Greene erlang 72. 1894, 
Hoorebekia lanuginosa Piper; © r. U.S. Nat. Herb. 11: 560. 1906. 
Stems numerous from a Sea branched, woody, rather fibrous-rooted caudex, 7-20 cm. m. high, 
monocephalous, subscapose, the herbage Roccose-tomentos. Bor al leaves densely tufted, facrowhy 
oblanceolate to almost linear, far cm. long, 2-7 mm. wide Soles hemispheric, 7-12 mm. high, 
the povla aries cpa te, subequal or graduate, Gea: Msshawe to lance-oblong, green with 
scarious margin spent alone, ray: -florets 10-20, showy, the ligules 8-12 mm. long; achenes short- 
vifibas: pappus ES anise s 
Exposed ridges and gy in agra Nit often rocky soils, Arid Transition Zone; central Washington to south- 
ern Dreeon east of the Cas oy Mountains east to Idaho. ‘Type locality: upper part of North Fork of Columbia 
River, Washington. May tad 
18. Eavlopayeys stenophyllus A. Gray. Linear-leaf Stenotus. Fig. 5463. 
Haplopappus stenophyllus A. Gray in Torr. Bot. Wilkes Exp. 347. 1874. 
Aster agar a Sera Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 318. 1891. 
Stenotus Greene, E sth 2:72; 
potas: «i te Piper, Contr. U.S. Nat. iA. 11: 561. 1906. 
Densely cespitose yay a much- essere’ Reiewl slender, mat-like, woody caudex surmounting 
a taproot, the mats up to 45 cm. across, the ous stems densely leafy in lower half, scapiform 
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2-seriate, subequal, herbaceous, densely glandu eee as De ges 8-12, the socks 
7-11 mm. long; achenes appressed- villoss : ; pappus whitish, 
_ Rocky scablands and sagebrush slopes, Asie Transition Zone; poise Seis Neva east of the ——— a 
tains to northeastern California, occasional eastward to central Idaho and northern ah Type locality: betwee 
oad (Naches) River and the North Fork of the Columbia, Washington. May-—Jul: 
= 7 eee acaulis (Nutt.) A. Gray. Cushion Stenotus. Fig. 5464. 
. Acad. Phila. 7: 33. pl. 3, fig. 1. 1834. 
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roaeranset aan Nutt. Trans. Amer hil. Soc. IT. 7: 334. 1840. 
Hestehadnecsensiina Kell. Proc. Calit. Acad. 3:9. 1863. 
ae Sg hs y, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 353. 1868. 
Haplopappus acaulis var. glabratus D. Cl Eaton, Bot. King Expl. 161. 1871. 
Stenotus acaulis var. Aeneas Jepson, Man. be Calif. 1028. 1925. 
Haplopappus acaulis subsp. glabratus H. M. Hall, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. No. 389: 166. 1928. 
Stems scapiform, numerous, monocephalous, eevee 2 from > much-branch initand caudex, 
5-10 cm. high, aingg 4 clothed at base with the t leaves, the whole mat m up to 
several dm. ves linear-oblanceolate to piri pre iy erect, entire, chase to pave ty 
acuminate, caiapiate tipped, veiny, pale green, densely Pisa to glabrous except for t 
scabrid margin, 1-6 cm. long, 1.5-7 mm. eee: "involucr e hemispheric, 7-10 mm. high; Statics 
