Crepis modocensis subsp. subacaulis

(Kellogg) Babcock & Stebbins

Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 504: 148. 1938.

Endemic
Basionym: Crepis occidentalis var. subacaulis Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 50. 1873
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 230. Mentioned on page 229.

Plants 6–30 cm; setae yellowish, usually ± straight, sometimes bent (ca. 1 mm). Stems (stout, branched proximally) setose (setae yellowish). Leaves: petioles setose; blades 10–15 × 3–4 cm (margins pinnately lobed, lobes dentate). Heads 1–6. Involucres 13–21 mm. Phyllaries sparsely setose (setae blackish) or glabrous. Cypselae blackish to brownish or dark reddish, slightly narrowed, not beaked (ribs strong); pappi 9–13 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Wet meadows, steep slopes
Elevation: 1800–2100 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mont., Nev., Oreg.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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88 +, 66 +, 55 +, 44 +, 33 +  and 22 +
setose +, tomentose +, whitish +  and blackish +
with appressed hairs +  and glabrous +
beaked;tapered;acute;acuminate +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Bogler +
(Kellogg) Babcock & Stebbins +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
decurrent +
Crepis occidentalis var. subacaulis +
compound +  and simple +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
setose +  and tomentose +
lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
filiform +
lobing +, entire +  and lobed +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
blackish +  and brownish or dark reddish +
Calif. +, Mont. +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
1800–2100 m +
tomentulose +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Wet meadows, steep slopes +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
toothed +
dentate +  and entire +
green +  and yellowish +
2-carpellate +
dusky white +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
connate +  and distinct +
glabrous +  and setose +
8 +  and 18 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
convex;flat +
spiculate-roughened +
exalbuminous +
straight +
branched +  and simple +
1 +  and 4 +
slender +  and stout +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Crepis modocensis subsp. subacaulis +
Crepis modocensis +
subspecies +
taprooted +  and rhizomatous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
11 +, 6 +, 5 +, 4 +  and 3 +