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embracing a flov Anthers sagittate but scarcely caudate. Style-branches flattened, 
slightly broader shes ard, papillate-puberulent over the outer surface, the stigmatic lines 
ventromarginal, extending completely around the rounded apex. Achenes glabrous, stri- 
ate; pappus about 20 coarse, sparsely long-plumose bristles, united at the base and 
deciduous in a ring. Compact little annuals with entire leaves. [Name from the Greek 
dimeres, we two parts or members 
A f northwestern United States. 
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‘ Hea tron A. Gray. Doublet. Fig. 5718. 
Dimeresia howellit A. Gra . Fl. N. Amer. oad . 12: 449, 1886. 
Ereminula howe diaeGikene, ee 248. 1892 
aely acaulescent, cushion-like, anweet annuals somewhat arachnoid at the base, more aonigreaed 
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up s. Leaves spatulate to elliptic or ovate, often punctate, up to 1 cm. wide and 3 cm. long 
tele en as petiolar pet aggregated around the | or sev ten compact Muee of sees ra in- 
volucre about 4-6 m igh ; shapes white to pinkish or purplis 
eee se or ae) an the foothills and at moderate ab eae in ae mountains, sometimes on serpen- 
d Transition Zone: oe Bones Baker County, Oregon, south to northwestern Nevada and Modoc and 
oe cation California. Type locality: Steen Mountains, Oregon. May —Aug 
5715. Artemisia rigida 
5717. eA a wy 
5716. Artemisia palmeri 5718. Dimeresia ho 
