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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 from stout rhizome, ± dioecious
Stems erect, appearing before leaves
Leaves: basal, large, long-petioled, blades wide; cauline generally sheathing, scale-like
Inflorescence: heads disciform or weakly radiate, in raceme-like to ± flat-topped clusters; involucre ± cylindric to bell-shaped; main phyllaries in 1 series, equal; receptacle flat, naked
Pistillate flowers 0few in staminate heads, many in pistillate heads; corollas of 2 kinds, white to pale yellow, sometimes purplish, outer often with short ligules, inner cylindric
Disk flowers staminate, 0few at center of pistillate heads, many in staminate heads; corollas white to pale yellow, sometimes purplish; anther bases entire or short-sagittate, tips acute; style tips slightly thickened, entire or slightly lobed; pappus reduced
Fruit cylindric, 510-ribbed; pappus bristles many
Species in genus: 15 species: North America, Eurasia
Etymology: (Greek: broad-brimmed hat, from large leaves)
Reference: [Cronquist 1978 North America Fl II 10:174179]
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Stem 26 dm
Leaves: basal blade 1040 dm wide, ± round to reniform, lobes palmate, coarsely toothed or again pinnately lobed, (sub)glabrous above, sometimes loosely tomentose below
Inflorescence: bracts 26 cm, entire to serrate, parallel-veined; heads generally 1020; involucre 59 mm, bell-shaped, often purplish; phyllaries linear
Pistillate flowers: outer corollas with tube 46 mm, ligules 27 mm, white to pale pink; inner corollas 35 mm, cylindric
Disk flowers: corollas 3.55 mm, white to pale pink
Fruit 34.5 mm; pappus 613 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=60,61,62
Ecology: Forests, generally wet soil
Elevation: < 400 m.
Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, nw&nc Central Western California
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, ne US
Synonyms: P. p. (Aiton) A. Gray
Horticultural information: IRR or WET: 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17 &SHD: 7, 8, 9, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; GRCVR (deciduous in winter); may be INV; also STBL.