Jepson Interchange (more information)
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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1–many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1–many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)4–5; stamens 4–5, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):1–28. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Species in genus: 1 sp
Etymology: (Greek: little loose tufts, from hair in leaf axils)
Reference: [Morton 1978 North America Fl II 10:147]
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Annual 5–30 cm
Stems 1–few from base, generally unbranched, glabrous to ± tomentose (especially lower axils)
Leaves alternate, 10–25 mm, linear to obovate, ± fleshy, entire or few-toothed, reduced upward
Inflorescence: head 1, radiate, long-peduncled; involucre ± bell-shaped; phyllaries 5–13 in 1 series, fused at base, ovate or elliptic, thin, veiny; receptacle conic, naked
Ray flowers 5–13; ligules 4–10 mm, yellow
Disk flowers many; corollas 2–3 mm, yellow; anther bases rounded, tips narrowly triangular; style branches flattened, tips triangular, minutely papillate
Fruit 1.5–2.5 mm, elliptic, ribbed, brown, puberulent, gelatinous when wet; pappus of barbed bristles 1–3 mm, soon deciduous (often 0 on ray fruit)
Chromosomes: 2n=18
Ecology: Sandy soils, grassland, open woodland
Elevation: generally < 1500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada Foothills, e San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges (very uncommon), Modoc Plateau
Distribution outside California: to British ColumbiaHorticultural information: TRY.
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