Jepson Interchange (more information)
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©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.
Annual to shrubs, ± woolly
Leaves generally alternate, entire to nearly compound
Inflorescence: heads 1–many, generally radiate; cluster often ± flat-topped; involucre obconic to hemispheric; phyllaries in 1 series, free or ± fused; receptacle flat to columnar, generally naked
Ray flowers generally ± 1 per phyllary; ligules entire to lobed, generally yellow (white)
Disk flowers (3)10–300; corolla yellow; anther tips ovate, deltate or awl-shaped
Fruit 4-angled or flattened in outer flowers, generally club-shaped in inner flowers; pappus 0–15 ± jagged or fringed scales
Species in genus: 14 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: woolly leaf)
Reference: [Mooring 1991 Madroño 38:213–226]
Annual species by Dale E. Johnson.
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Annual 5–15 cm, gray-woolly; branches strictly ascending
Leaf 1–2 cm, oblanceolate, entire
Inflorescence: heads 1 or clustered; peduncles ± 1 cm; involucre 5–6 mm, cylindric; phyllaries 4–6, acute, free; receptacle flat to conic
Ray flowers 4–6; ligules ± 1 mm
Disk flowers 3–16; corollas ± 2 mm; anther tips deltate, glandular
Fruit 2.5–3 mm, strigose; pappus 0.5–1.5 mm, unequal
Chromosomes: 2n=14
Ecology: Open, gravelly forest
Elevation: 1800–2500 m.
Bioregional distribution: c High Sierra Nevada (Mariposa Co.).
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