Lepidospartum Explained

Lepidospartum is a genus of North American desert shrubs in the daisy family.^{[1] [2] [3]} They are known commonly as broomsages or scalebrooms. These are tall, woody shrubs with stiff twiggy branches that resemble brooms. They are native to the southwestern United States and far northern Mexico. These shrub have thin, narrow, needlelike or scalelike leaves and bear yellow daisy flowers.^[4]

Lepidospartum burgessii is an endangered species.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Species^{[8] [9] [10]}

• Lepidospartum burgessii - gypsum scalebroom - New Mexico, Texas
• Lepidospartum latisquamum - Nevada broomsage - California, Nevada, Utah
• Lepidospartum squamatum - California broomsage - California, Arizona, Baja California

External links

• USDA Plants Profile
• Jepson Manual Treatment

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8864350#page/62/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 50
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5465543#page/215/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1874. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 207.
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004377 Tropicos, Lepidospartum (A. Gray) A. Gray
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=118069 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 632, Lepidospartum (A. Gray) A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 19: 50. 1883.
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/767220#page/370/mode/1up Turner, B. L. 1977. Lepidospartum burgessii (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a remarkable new gypsophilic species from Trans-Pecos Texas. Wrightia 5(9): 354–355
6. http://nmrareplants.unm.edu/rarelist_single.php?SpeciesID=107 New Mexico Rare Plants
7. http://my.chicagobotanic.org/science_conservation/using-genetics-to-rescue-a-rare-desert-shrub/ Beck, Julianne. 2013. Using Genetics to Rescue a Rare Desert Shrub. My Chicago Botanic Garden
8. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Lepidospartum Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
9. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lepidospartum The Plant List search for Lepidospartum
10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3109547 GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Global Biodiversity Information Facility