Cuniculotinus gramineus
Panamint rock goldenrod
Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native
Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3
Panamint rock goldenrod is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native shrub found in southern White and Inyo Mountains and northern Desert Mountains (Panamint Range) in pinyon and juniper woodland and bristlecone-pine forest at elevations of 2,200 to 2,900 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces yellow flowers in small discoid heads with distinctive irregularly toothed phyllary tips. Growing 2 to 6 decimeters tall with a woody, branched base and slightly ridged stems, it has an upright, sparse form. Its leaves are alternate, ascending, and lanceolate, measuring 30 to 85 millimeters long and 3 to 9 millimeters wide, with prominent three to five veins and finely rough-hairy margins. The fruit is 7 to 9 millimeters long with a pappus approximately equal to the corolla.
Habitat: Pinyon/juniper woodland, bristlecone-pine forest
Bloom period: Jul-Aug
Elevation: 2200-2900 m
Bioregions: s W&I, n DMtns (Panamint Range)
California counties: Inyo
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