Key to Micropus

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

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

1. Mature paleae of pistillate flowers 8–12 in 2 series, ± helmet-like, body thick and cartilaginous near midvein, papery otherwise, 

wing 

1. Thin, flat extension or appendage of a surface or margin. 2. In many members of Fabaceae and in some other groups, each of two lateral petals.

projected inward from near top, prominent, ± flat to concave, ± obovate; receptacle length 1.2–1.8 × width; disk flower paleae 1–3, corolla 

lobes 

1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.

generally 4, pappus of 1–5 bristles, 1.7–2 mm ..... M. amphibolus

1' Mature paleae 4–7(8) in 1 series, ± hood-like, body thick and hard throughout, wing projected ± upward from adaxial edge, obscure, ± rolled, beak-like, ± 

linear 

Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.

; receptacle length 0.5–0.8 × width; disk flower paleae 0, corolla lobes generally 5, pappus 0 or of 1 bristle, 0.9–1.5 mm ..... M. californicus

2. Longest paleae generally 3–4 mm, woolly ..... var. californicus

2' Longest paleae generally 2–3 mm, silky-tomentose ..... var. subvestitus

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