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Vascular Plants of California
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Key to Nemacaulis denudata

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

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1. Flower (5)12–30; 
peduncles 
image missingStalk of an individual flower borne singly, not in an inflorescence, or of an entire inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit; the stalk subtending an involucre (e.g., in Asteraceae, Polygonaceae).
generally 0; 
involucre 
image missingGroup of bracts more or less held together as a unit, subtending a flower, fruit (acorn cup), or inflorescence.
 bracts generally red with white hairs; plant 
prostrate 
image missingLying flat on the ground.
to 
decumbent 
image missinglying mostly flat on the ground but with tips curving up.
; 
leaf 
image missingOrgan arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
 blades generally wide; coastal beaches ..... var. denudata

1' Flower 5(12); peduncles generally present, 0.5–3 mm; involucre bracts light brown to yellow-green with ± brown hairs; plant 
ascending 
image missingCurving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.
to 
erect 
image missingUpright; vertically oriented.
; leaf blades generally 
linear 
image missingElongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
; coastal and inland deserts ..... var. gracilis

 

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