Lessingia glandulifera var. peirsonii

(J. T. Howell) Markos

Madroño 52: 60. 2005.

Common names: Peirson’s lessingia
Endemic
Basionym: Lessingia germanorum var. peirsonii J. T. Howell Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 26, figs. 25–30. 1929
Synonyms: Lessingia lemmonii var. peirsonii (J. T. Howell) Ferris
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Stems villous to tomentose. Abaxial leaf faces tomentose. Involucres obconic, 5–6 mm. Phyllaries tomentose. Disc-florets 10–25; style-branch appendages lanceolate, 0.6–1.3 mm. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sept.
Habitat: Dry foothills, desert washes, roadsides, usually sandy soils
Elevation: 900–2100 m

Discussion

Variety peirsonii is known from the northwestern Transverse Range (northwestern Los Angeles and south-central Kern counties), the Piute Mountains (Kern County), and the western Mojave Desert (eastern Kern County). The leaves have a dense tomentum that is only partly lost in age. The involucres are persistently tomentose.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
villous +  and woolly +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Staci Markos +
(J. T. Howell) Markos +
decurrent +
Lessingia germanorum var. peirsonii +
obovate;lanceolate linear or subulate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Peirson’s lessingia +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
5-10-nerved +  and smooth +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
not compressed +, cuneiform +  and linear +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
900–2100 m +
puberulent +  and pilose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry foothills, desert washes, roadsides, usually sandy soils +
in more or less corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
spreading;erect +
lanceolate +
dentate to pinnately lobed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
white +  and tan +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
Flowering May–Sept. +
gland-dotted +  and green +
recurved +  and erect +
lanceolate +, ovate +  and oblong +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
villous +  and tomentose +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Lessingia lemmonii var. peirsonii +
Lessingia glandulifera var. peirsonii +
Lessingia glandulifera +
variety +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +