Helianthella californica subsp. californica

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 117. Mentioned on page 116.

Stems branched. Cauline leaves nearly all opposite; blades oblanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, (8–) 12–40 mm wide. Heads borne singly or 2–3+. Cypselae almost wingless; pappi 0.2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Open sites, ridges, grasslands
Elevation: 30–1000 m

Discussion

Subspecies californica grows in the San Francisco Bay area and north to Mendocino and Glenn counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
William A. Weber +
A. Gray in War Department [U.S.] +
bristlelike +
coroniform +
cuneate +
oblanceolate;narrowly lanceolate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (26 cm260 mm <br />0.26 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
purple +  and brown +
hairy +  and glabrous +
obovate-cuneate +  and oblong +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
30–1000 m +
less hirsutulous +  and scaberulous or glabrescent +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open sites, ridges, grasslands +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
alternate +  and opposite +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering May–Jun. +
22 +  and 32 +
unequal +  and subequal +
in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
0 +  and 4 +
subulate +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Helianthella californica subsp. californica +
Helianthella californica +
subspecies +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +