Oreocarya humilis (A.Gray) Greene
Pittonia 3: 112 (1896)

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Pronunciation:	O-re-o-cár-ya humilis
Etymology:	low-growing, humble
Synonym(s):	Homotypic:     Eritrichium glomeratum var. humile A.Gray (basionym), Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 61 (1874)     Cryptantha humilis (A.Gray) Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 278 (1927) Heterotypic: (note these do not recognize O. h. subsp. nana)     Cryptantha alpicola Cronquist, A.Cronquist & al., Intermount. Fl. 4: 248 (1984)     Cryptantha humilis var. commixta (J.F.Macbr.) L.C.Higgins, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull., Biol. Ser. 13(4): 36 (1971)     Cryptantha humilis var. nana (Eastw.) L.C.Higgins, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull., Biol. Ser. 13(4): 37 (1971)     Cryptantha humilis var. ovina (Payson) L.C.Higgins, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull., Biol. Ser. 13(4): 37 (1971)     Cryptantha humilis var. shantzii (Tidestr.) L.C.Higgins, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull., Biol. Ser. 13(4): 37 (1971)     Cryptantha nana (Eastw.) Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 312 (1927)     Cryptantha nana var. commixta (J.F.Macbr.) Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 312 (1927)     Cryptantha nana var. ovina Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 314 (1927)     Cryptantha nana var. shantzii (Tidestr.) Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 313 (1927)     Cryptantha nana var. typica Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 315 (1927), not validly publ.     Oreocarya alpicola (Cronquist) D.W.Taylor, Fl. Yosemite Sierra: 373 (2010)     Oreocarya commixta J.F.Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 33 (1916)     Oreocarya dolosa J.F.Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 32 (1916)     Oreocarya hispida A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 156 (1906)     Oreocarya humilis subsp. nana (Eastw.) W.A.Weber, Brittonia 33: 326 (1981)     Oreocarya nana Eastw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 243 (1903)     Oreocarya shantzii Tidestr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26: 122 (1913)
Type:	Lectotype: H.N. Bolander s.n., 1871 (GH00097017), United States, California "Summit"

Jepson eFlora Treatment (O. h. subsp. humilis)


Distribution of Oreocarya humilis
 
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Lectotype:

Eritichium glomeratum var. humile =Oreocarya humilis
H.N. Bolander s.n., 1871 (GH00097017), United States, California "Summit"



Key to currently accepted subspecies (modified from Payson 1927; Higgins 1971)
Note: A work in progress.

Leaves strigose and setose; style exceeding nutlets by 1.5-2.5 mm; inflorescence elongate ... O. h. subsp. humilis Leaves setose; style short, not exceeding nutlets; inflorescence compact ... O. h. subsp. nana

Specimens:
  
Oreocarya humilis
Kelley 551


  
Oreocarya humilis
Ertter 7182, June 16 1987 (RSA516990)



Oreocarya humilis
Peirson 11599, July 22 1935 (RSA79940)



Oreocarya humilis
Honer 1089, July 1 2001 (RSA682210)



Oreocarya humilis
Ripma 309, 21 Aug 2011 (SDSU20002)
Locality: 37.52828, -118.19925



Oreocarya humilis
Ripma 311 21 Aug 2011 (SDSU20007)
Locality: 37.52154, -118.20322


   
Oreocarya humilis
Ripma 303, 21 Aug 2011 (SDSU20029)
Locality: 37.74431, -119.02917


   
Oreocarya humilis
Ripma 310, 21 Aug 2011 (SDSU20013)
Locality: 37.52613, -118.20076



Oreocarya humilis
Ripma 311 21 Aug 2011 (SDSU20088)
Locality: 37.52154, -118.20322


  
Oreocarya humilis
Ripma 398, 26 July 2012 (SDSU20088)
Locality: 38.31505, -119.64367



Oreocarya humilis
Weber 15049, May 20 1978 (SD104193)


 
Oreocarya humilis
Peirson 11599, July 22 1935 (SD87618)




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