Logfia filaginoides

(Hooker & Arnott) Morefield

Novon 14: 473. 2004.

Common names: California cottonrose fluffweed
Illustrated
Basionym: Gnaphalium filaginoides Hooker & Arnott Bot. Beechey Voy., 359. 1839
Synonyms: Filago californica Nuttall Logfia californica (Nuttall) Holub Oglifa californica (Nuttall) Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 445. Mentioned on page 443, 444, 451, 452, 453.

Plants 1–30 (–55) cm. Stems 1 (–7), typically ± erect; branches leafy between proximal forks, remaining grayish to greenish, arachnoid-sericeous. Leaves mostly oblanceolate, largest 10–15 (–20) × 2–3 (–4) mm, pliant; longest capitular leaves 1–2 (–3) times head heights, mostly acute. Heads mostly in glomerules of 2–4 in racemiform, paniculiform, or distally dichasiiform arrays, ± pyriform, largest 3.5–4.5 × 2.5–3 mm. Phyllaries 0, vestigial, or 1–4, unequal, ± like paleae. Receptacles ± fungiform, mostly 0.6–0.7 mm, heights 0.7–0.9 times diams. Pistillate paleae (except innermost) 7–13 in 2 (–3) series, spirally ranked, loosely saccate, incurved 20–60°, somewhat gibbous, not galeate, longest 2.7–3.3 mm, distal 15–30% of lengths glabrous abaxially; bodies ± cartilaginous, ± terete; wings prominent. Innermost paleae ± 5, spreading in 1 series, pistillate. Pistillate florets: outer 7–13 epappose, inner 14–35 pappose. Bisexual florets 4–7; corollas 1.9–2.8 mm, lobes mostly 4, bright reddish to purplish. Cypselae: outer nearly straight, ± erect, compressed, mostly 0.9–1 mm; inner mostly papillate; pappi of 17–23+ bristles falling in complete or partial rings, 1.9–3 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting mid Feb–early Jul.
Habitat: Mediterranean climates: open slopes, flats, diverse substrates (including serpentine), old disturbances (chaparral burns) or seasonally moist sites, or warm deserts: protected slopes or higher elevations, among rocks, boulders (often granitic), less disturbed
Elevation: 0–1800(–2000) m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Baja California Sur), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Long known as Filago californica, Logfia filaginoides is relatively common in the Californian Floristic Province south of Humboldt County, California, to northern Baja California Sur (including Channel Islands, and Angel de la Guarda, Cedros, and Guadalupe islands in Mexico). Eastward, it is scattered to southwestern Utah and western Texas. An 1893 gathering labeled “Blue Lakes, Snake Plains” is of uncertain origin.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Logfia filaginoides"
truncate-penicillate;truncate +
scarious +
mostly ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
dichasiiform +, paniculiform +  and racemiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
James D. Morefield +
(Hooker & Arnott) Morefield +
decurrent +
Gnaphalium filaginoides +
compound +  and simple +
subulate;obovate +
muriculate +, papillate +  and smooth +
grayish +  and greenish +
arachnoid-sericeous +
California cottonrose +  and fluffweed +
actinomorphic +
red-tipped +, purplish +, yellow +  and whitish +
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
attenuate +, not beaked +, obcompressed +, compressed +, mostly ovoid +  and obovoid +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California) +, Mexico (Baja California Sur) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
0–1800(–2000) m +
dull +  and shiny +
usually papillate +  and muriculate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Mediterranean climates: open slopes, flatsMediterranean climates: open slopes, flats, diverse substrates (including serpentine), old disturbances (chaparral burns) or seasonally moist sites, or warm deserts: protected slopes or higher elevations, among rocks, boulders (often granitic), less disturbed boulders (often granitic), less disturbed +
indeterminate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
pyriform +
largest +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
inconspicuous +
sessile +  and petiolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +
largest +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
bright reddish;purplish +
rarely lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
1-2(-3) times head heights +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
not galeate;gibbous +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering and fruiting mid Feb–early Jul. +
paleate +  and epaleate +
0.7-0.9 times diams +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
partial +  and complete +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
1 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Filago californica +, Logfia californica +  and Oglifa californica +
Logfia filaginoides +
species +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
erect;incurved +