One or two discoid Individual flowers heads per stem subtended by a membranous bract \ Involucres Btamm 0 | high, the outer bracts shorter than the inner Lower portion of f ja— flowering stems glabrous Leaves mostly a basal, pinnately to subpalmately lobed, petioles pubescent Perennial herb 9 - 35 — cm tall, from a taproot Il. by Isobel Nichols. THELESPERMA PUBESCENS VAR. CAESPITOSUM Scientific name: Thelesperma pubescens Dorn var. caespitosum (Dorn) C. J. Hansen (common name) Duchesne greenthread Family: Asteraceae (common name) Sunflower Family Synonyms: T. subnudum Gray vat. caespitosum (Dorn) Welsh; T. caespitosum Dorn Global Distribution: Endemic to Duchesne County, Utah, and Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Land Ownership: Ute Tribal Lands, FS - Ashley NF, BLM - Vernal Field Office, State Lands, and private Habitat: White shale slopes and ridges of the Green River Formation, around 5,900 feet elevation, May - June. Comments: This variety differs from var. pubescens in having leaves pubescent only on the petioles (or rarely on the proximal portion of the blade), rather than pubescent throughout, and in having more of a green rather than gray-green appearance. It differs from T. windhamii in having no pappus and flowering stems glabrous on their lower portions.Thelesperma pubescens var. caespitosum Habitat (S. Goodrich) 4 Species Distribution