Eriogonum microthecum var. microthecum

Plants shrubs, (2.5) 3–5 dm tall, 3–7 dm across; stems lacking a caudex, the aerial flowering stems 0.3–0.7 dm long, floccose or glabrous; leaf blades oblanceolate to elliptic, (0.8) 1–2 (2.7) cm long, (0.3) 0.4–0.9 (1.2) cm wide, densely white-tomentose abaxially, floccose or glabrous adaxially, the margins not revolute; inflorescences 3–10 cm long, the branches floccose or glabrous; involucres 2.5–3 mm long, floccose or glabrous; flowers 2–2.5 mm long, the perianth yellow; achenes 2–2.5 mm long.

Flowering Jul-Sep. Gravelly to rocky slopes, saltbush and sagebrush communities, juniper and conifer woodlands; 600–1100 m; Baker, Crook, Grant, Harney, Sherman, Wasco, and Wheeler cos. in Oregon with scattered populations in Washington Co., Idaho.

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Eriogonum microthecum var. microthecum. The pictures below were taken on July 15 th 2017 in Crook County. Oregon.

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