Eriogonum vespinum (Polygonaceae), a New Species from Eastern Texas

Authors

Lloyd H. Shinners, Southern Methodist University

Publication Date

6-1-1954

Abstract

ERIOGONUM vespinum Shinners, sp. nov. Ab E. longifolio Nutt. differt caulibus altioribus (usque ad 2 m.) cum pilis longioribus adscendentibus vel subpatentibus; foliis supra tenuiter villosis; involucris angustioribus longe pedunculatis (pedunculis 5-25 mm. longis involucra aequantibus vel plerumque excedentibus). TYPE: gray sand along roadside bordering upland pine-oak woods, 3.5 miles south of Ore City, Upshur Co., Texas, Shinners 18967, 24 June 1954 (in Herb. Southern Methodist University). The following key summarises the principal differences between E. longif olium and E. vespinum.

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Recommended Citation

Shinners, Lloyd H. (1954) "Eriogonum vespinum (Polygonaceae), a New Species from Eastern Texas," Field and Laboratory: Vol. 22 : No. 3.
Available at: https://scholar.smu.edu/fieldandlab/vol22/iss3/3