familyAsteraceae
genusStephanomeria
speciesStephanomeria virgata
subspeciesStephanomeria virgata subsp. virgata
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.
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tailed +
introrse +
connate +
truncate +
rounded;acute +
scarious +
developed +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
persistent +
falling +
continuous +
decurrent +
runcinate;linear;oblong oblanceolate or spatulate +
winged +
ribbed +
reflexed +
unequal +
virgate +
clustered +
filiform +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
white +
23;28 +
coarse +
absent +
seated +
woody +
bractlike +
reduced +
monomorphic +
curved +
2.2mm;3.6mm +
bractlike +
Calif. +
straight +
not grooved +
glabrous +
equal +
distinct +
ligulate +
proximal +
8;9 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
longitudinal +
central +
narrow +
Chaparral openings, dry, sandy hills and grasslands, often growing as weed on roadside embankments +
subsessile +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
Present +
surrounding +
less cylindric;turbinate +
sessile +
alternate +
withered +
prickly +
lobed +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
falling +
plumose +
bracteate +
inflated +
tough +
thick +
connate +
persistent +
equal +
Bot. Voy. Sulphur, +
1844 +
epaleate +
glabrous +
flat;convex +
creeping +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;1 +
alternate +
erect +
single +
2-branched +
hirsute +
papillate +
Stephanomeria virgata subsp. virgata +
Stephanomeria virgata +
subspecies +
taprooted +
annual +