Stephanomeria virgata subsp. virgata

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Stephanomeria tomentosa Greene Stephanomeria virgata var. tomentosa (Greene) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 359.

Calyculi of reflexed bractlets. florets 8–9.2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering late Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Chaparral openings, dry, sandy hills and grasslands, often growing as weed on roadside embankments
Elevation: 0–1800 m

Discussion

Subspecies virgata grows in the South Coast and Transverse ranges. Stephanomeria tomentosa refers to a densely tomentose form occasionally found in some populations of S. virgata.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number.

rounded;acute +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
L. D. Gottlieb +
Bentham +
runcinate +, oblanceolate +  and spatulate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
runcinate;linear;oblong oblanceolate or spatulate +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
filiform +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
white +, lavender +  and pink +
light tan +  and dark-brown +
5-angled +  and columnar +
0–1800 m +
not grooved +
smooth +  and tuberculate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Chaparral openings, dry, sandy hills and grasslands, often growing as weed on roadside embankments +
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 +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
2-carpellate +
white +  and tan +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering late Jul–Oct. +
connate +  and distinct +
5 +  and 12 +
subequal +  and unequal +
Bot. Voy. Sulphur, +
flat;convex +
slender +  and stout +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
branched +  and simple +
1 (?) +  and 8 (?) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Stephanomeria tomentosa +  and Stephanomeria virgata var. tomentosa +
Stephanomeria virgata subsp. virgata +
Stephanomeria virgata +
subspecies +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +