Key to Sphaeromeria

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(For a list of species in Sphaeromeria, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Subshrub; leaves 

entire 

Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).

or 3–4-lobed; disk corolla yellow-white; receptacle glabrous ..... S. cana

1' Perennial herb from long, thick woody 

caudex 

Generally short, sometimes woody, more or less vertical stem of a perennial, at or beneath ground level.

; leaves 1–3-pinnately divided; disk corolla yellow; receptacle with white curly hairs 0.5–1 mm ..... S. potentilloides

2. Stems nearly leafless; 

basal 

At or near the base of a plant or plant part. Especially said of leaves clustered near the ground or of a placenta confined to the base of an ovary.

leaves generally 1-pinnately divided; heads 1–3(4) ..... var. nitrophila

2' Stems leafy; basal leaves generally 2–3-pinnately divided; heads (3)4–20 ..... var. potentilloides

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