Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera

Illustrated
Synonyms: Lessingia germanorum var. lemmonii (A. Nelson) J. T. Howell Lessingia germanorum var. ramulosissima (A. Nelson) Ferris Lessingia lemmonii Lessingia lemmonii var. ramulosissima
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 454. Mentioned on page 456.

Stems glabrous or villous. Abaxial leaf faces glabrous or villous. Involucres obconic to cylindric, 4–7 mm. Phyllaries glabrous or villous. Disc-florets 17–30; style-branch appendages lanceolate, 0.3–1.3 mm. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Desert areas, chaparral, pine forests, usually sandy soils
Elevation: 500–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

As here circumscribed, var. glandulifera includes plants that lack a colored band in corolla tubes and have lanceolate style-branch appendages (others have treated those plants as Lessingia lemmonii var. lemmonii). Also included are plants that sometimes form tumbleweeds and have puberulent phyllaries and overlapping cauline leaves that clasp the bases of involucres (others have treated those as L. lemmonii var. ramulosissima). In California, var. glandulifera is known from the Transverse Range, the Peninsular Range, and the Mojave Desert (north to Mono County).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
villous +  and woolly +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Staci Markos +
A. Gray +
decurrent +
obovate;lanceolate linear or subulate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
5-10-nerved +  and smooth +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
not compressed +, cuneiform +  and linear +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
500–2400 m +
puberulent +  and pilose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Desert areas, chaparral, pine forests, usually sandy soils +
in more or less corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
obconic;cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
villous +  and glabrous +
cauline +  and basal +
spreading;erect +
lanceolate +
dentate to pinnately lobed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
white +  and tan +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
Flowering May–Oct. +
gland-dotted +  and green +
recurved +  and erect +
villous +  and glabrous +
lanceolate +, ovate +  and oblong +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
branched +  and simple +
villous +  and glabrous +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Lessingia germanorum var. lemmonii +, Lessingia germanorum var. ramulosissima +, Lessingia lemmonii +  and Lessingia lemmonii var. ramulosissima +
Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera +
Lessingia glandulifera +
variety +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +