Blennosperma nanum var. robustum

J. T. Howell

Leafl. W. Bot. 5: 108. 1948.

EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 641. Mentioned on page 640.

Pollen usually yellow. Cypselae mostly 3–4.5 mm., disc-florets mostly 60–100.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Grassy places among shrubs near ocean
Elevation: 10–100 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Blenosperma nanum var. robustum is known only from Marin County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
deltate;lanceolate or penicillate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
J. T. Howell +
decurrent +
Chrysanthemum nanum +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
purplish +, white +  and yellow +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
epapillate +
angled +, 5-6(-10)-ribbed +  and ellipsoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
10–100 m +
floccose-tomentose +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Grassy places among shrubs near ocean +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +  and lanceolate +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
Flowering Feb–May. +
elliptic +  and ovate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
foveolate +  and smooth +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
not divided +
Compositae +
Blennosperma nanum var. robustum +
Blennosperma nanum +
variety +
campanulate +
shorter to longer +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
vine +, tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +