Hollisteria lanata
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 296. 1879.
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Plants 0.3–0.8 (–1) × (0.5–) 0.8–3 (–5) dm. Leaves: basal blades (1.5–) 2–5 (–6) × (0.2–) 0.3–0.7 (–0.9) cm; cauline blades (0.5–) 1–3.5 × (0.1–) 0.3–0.8 (–1) cm. Inflorescences: bracts dimorphic, lateral 2 obvious, 2–5 mm, thinly pubescent, central 1 obscured, 1–2 (–3) mm, densely tomentose. Involucral-bracts 2 mm, densely tomentose. Flowers: perianth 1.5–2 mm. Achenes 1.7–2 mm. 2n = 42.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly or clayey places, mixed grassland, desert scrub, chaparral communities, woodlands
Elevation: 10-1000 m
Discussion
Hollisteria lanata is encountered occasionally in the San Joaquin Valley and the adjacent coastal ranges and eastward in the Transverse Ranges to Kern and Tulare counties. Plants are only rarely locally common.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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