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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, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many 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)45; stamens 45, 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):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Perennial or shrub, generally resinous
Stems < 2.5 m, leafy
Leaves generally sessile or short-petioled
Inflorescence: heads radiate or discoid; involucres obconic to bell-shaped; phyllaries in several overlapping series, linear to oblanceolate, generally recurved
Ray flowers 025; corollas < 9 mm, yellow
Disk flowers 460; corollas 410 mm, gradually flared from middle
Fruit 110 mm, 45-angled; pappus of 2060 bristles, 2.512 mm, white to reddish brown
Species in genus: 13 species: w North America
Etymology: (Barclay Hazard, 19th Century CA botanist)
Reference: [Clark 1979 Madroño 26:105127]
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Shrub 28 dm, yellow-glandular, hairy to scabrous
Leaves 1035 mm, elliptic to obovate, leathery, teeth (0)28, teeth and tip spiny
Inflorescence: heads radiate; involucre 45 mm wide, cylindric to obconic; phyllaries 1525, 37 mm, lanceolate, acute, recurved (or inner erect), bristly-glandular
Ray flowers 58; tube 45 mm; ligules 24 mm
Disk flowers 812; corollas 68 mm
Fruit 23 mm, hairy; veins 5, white; pappus 57 mm, white to brownish
Chromosomes: 2n=12
Ecology: Limestone outcrops, cliffs
Elevation: 7002100 m.
Bioregional distribution: Mojave Desert
Flowering time: AprSep
Synonyms: Haplopappus b. S.F. Blake
Locally common.