Agnorhiza reticulata
Phytologia 85: 20. 1999.
Plants mostly 40–70 cm. Stems erect, usually branched distally. Cauline leaves: blades (green) ovatelanceolate to deltate, 6–15 cm, bases truncate or subcordate, margins entire or serrulate to crenate, faces sparsely hispid or scabrous (and finely glanddotted, often vernicose). Heads held beyond or among the leaves. Involucres hemispheric, 15–30 mm diam. Outer phyllaries oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 12–20+ mm (± equaling discs, tips usually spreading to squarrose). Ray-florets 10–16 (–21), laminae 20–25 mm. Cypselae ca. 6 mm, glabrous; pappi coroniform, 0.1–1 mm. 2n = 38.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Chaparral, oak woodlands
Elevation: 300–500 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Agnorhiza reticulata is known only from foothills of the Sierra Nevada and is considered to be globally endangered.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"broader" is not a number.