Stephanomeria cichoriacea

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 552. 1865.

Common names: Chicoryleaf wirelettuce
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 352. Mentioned on page 350, 351.

Perennials, 40–100 cm. Stems single, simple or virgately branched, woolly-pubescent when young, glabrescent. Leaves green at flowering (spreading at bases); blades oblanceolate to spatulate, 10–20 cm, margins entire or irregularly toothed, teeth remote, faces woolly-pubescent, glabrescent; cauline much reduced distally, margins entire or irregularly toothed. Heads borne singly along branches. Peduncles ± 0. Calyculi 0 (or bractlets intergrading with phyllaries). Involucres 12–15 mm (phyllaries 20–25 in 2–3 series, appressed, 2–15 mm, unequal, puberulent; receptacles pitted, each socket 5-sided, surrounded by minute, raised, scaly fringe). Florets 10–13. Cypselae tan or grayish tan, 5–6 mm, faces smooth, grooved (grooves sometimes absent or only visible as fine lines or striations); pappi of 20–25, tan to pale-brown bristles (persistent), wholly plumose. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering May–Nov.
Habitat: Sandstone, granitic, volcanic, or serpentine soils in coastal scrub and foothill canyons, chaparral, mixed evergreen forests
Elevation: 50–1500 m

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Stephanomeria cichoriacea grows primarily in the coastal mountains from southern Monterey County to the San Bernardino Mountains, Santa Ana Mountains, and the Channel Islands.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Stephanomeria cichoriacea"
rounded;acute +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
L. D. Gottlieb +
A. Gray +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
oblanceolate;spatulate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> - 20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
filiform +
Chicoryleaf wirelettuce +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and  - 3-5-merous +
white +, lavender +  and pink +
grayish tan +  and tan +
5-angled +  and columnar +
50–1500 m +
glabrescent +  and woolly-pubescent +
bumpy +  and tuberculate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandstone, granitic, volcanic, or serpentine soils in coastal scrub and foothill canyons, chaparral, mixed evergreen forests +
clustered +  and or +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> +
less cylindric;turbinate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> - 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> +
cauline +  and basal +
toothed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
tan +  and pale-brown +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
Flowering May–Nov. +
connate +  and distinct +
5 +  and 12 +
subequal +  and unequal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
flat;convex +
slender +  and stout +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
1 - ? +  and 8 - ? +
glabrescent +  and woolly-pubescent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Stephanomeria cichoriacea +
Stephanomeria +
species +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> - 100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> +
shrub +  and subshrub +