Jepson Interchange (more information)
Print edition is available from the University of California Press
|
This page is based on the 1993 Jepson Manual.
Please see the Jepson eFlora for up-to-date information about California vascular plants. |
| Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange |
|
|
TREATMENT FROM THE JEPSON MANUAL |
previous taxon |
next taxon
Jepson Interchange (more information) |
|
©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
Print edition is available from the University of California Press |
| The second edition of The Jepson Manual (2012) is available from the University of California Press | |
| See also the Jepson eFlora, which parallels the Second Edition |
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.
Shrubs < 50 dm, resinous, generally gland-dotted
Leaves < 10 cm, thread-like to wedge-shaped, entire
Inflorescence various; heads radiate or discoid; involucre 3–14 mm, obconic to hemispheric; phyllaries in 2–6 series, ± lanceolate to ovate, generally resinous, tips erect to recurved, obtuse to acuminate or tailed, midrib often thickened with a resin gland
Ray flowers 0–30; corollas 2–12 mm, generally yellow
Disk flowers 4–70+; corollas 3–11 mm, yellow
Fruit 2–8 mm, ribbed; pappus white to brown
Species in genus: ± 27 species: w North America
Reference: [Nesom 1990 Phytologia 68:144–155]
Generally flowers summer/autumn. Some species hybridize with Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
| Native |
Plant < 3 dm, (sub)glabrous
Leaf 5–15 mm, linear, recurved, abruptly pointed
Inflorescence: head discoid, 1; involucre 12–14 mm, 8–10 mm diam, subcylindric to obconic; phyllaries ± 25 in 5–6 series, outer leaf-like, inner parchment-like, tips green, recurved
Disk flowers 5–6; corollas ± 10 mm
Fruit ± 7 mm, 5-angled, appressed-hairy; pappus ± 10 mm
Ecology: UNCOMMON. Open coniferous forests, generally on serpentine
Elevation: ± 1600 m.
Bioregional distribution: n North Coast Ranges (s Trinity, sw Shasta, w Tehama cos.)
Synonyms: Haplopappus o. (J.T. Howell) D.D. KeckHorticultural information: DRN, SUN: 1, 6, 17 &IRR: 2, 7, 14, 15, 16; DFCLT.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.| YOU CAN HELP US make sure that our distributional information is correct and current. If you know that a plant occurs in a wild, reproducing state in a Jepson bioregion NOT highlighted on the map, please contact us with that information. Please realize that we cannot incorporate range extensions without access to a voucher specimen, which should (ultimately) be deposited in an herbarium. You can send the pressed, dried collection (with complete locality information indicated) to us (e-mail us for details) or refer us to an accessioned herbarium specimen. Non-occurrence of a plant in an indicated area is difficult to document, but we will especially value your input on those types of possible errors (see automatic conversion of distribution data to maps). |
|