Lessingia ramulosa
in G. Bentham, Pl. Hartw., 314. 1849.
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Lessingia ramulosa var. adenophora (Greene) A. Gray
Plants 20–50 cm. Stems erect, tan, stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal usually persistent at flowering; cauline margins entire, faces stipitate-glandular, abaxial glabrous or glabrate. Heads borne singly, at ends of branchlets. Involucres hemispheric to campanulate, 5–7 mm. Phyllaries purple-tipped, glabrous, stipitate-glandular; inner scarious. Disc-florets 5–15; corollas lavender (color more intense in tubes); style-branch appendages truncate-penicillate, 0.1–0.3 mm. Pappi tan, longer than cypselae. 2n = 10.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Open hills, roadsides, chaparral, woodlands, forests, often on serpentinite soils
Elevation: 100–1000 m
Discussion
Lessingia ramulosa is known from the northern San Francisco Bay area and North Coast ranges.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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in G. Bentham, Pl. Hartw., +
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