Hulsea vestita
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 547. 1865.
Common names: Pumice alpinegold
IllustratedEndemic
Perennials, 5–100 cm. Stems 3–10, lanate to woolly. Leaves mostly basal; blades gray to grayish green, spatulate, 1–9 cm, margins entire or undulate, dentate, or lobed, faces densely lanate to woolly; distal cauline leaves mostly lanceolate to linear, gradually reduced or none. Heads 1–3. Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 8–18 mm diam. Phyllaries 7–12 mm, outer oblong-lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, apices acuminate to acute. Ray florets 9–32; corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow to reddish orange, 6–18 mm. Disc corollas yellow to orange. Cypselae 5–10 mm; pappus scales equal to subequal, 1–2 mm.
Distribution
Calif., Nev.
Discussion
Subspecies 6 (6 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Proximal leaves: margins dentate to lobed; ray and disc corollas orange to reddish orange | > 2 |
| 1 | Proximal leaves: margins entire, undulate, or lobed (dentate to lobed in subsp. inyoensis); ray and disc corollas yellow, sometimes red-tinged | > 3 |
| 2 | Leaf faces lanate; outer phyllaries narrowly lanceolate; cypselae 5–7 mm | Hulsea vestita subsp. parryi |
| 2 | Leaf faces: abaxial lanate, adaxial glandular-puberulent; outer phyllaries narrowly oblanceolate to obovate; cypselae 7–9 mm | Hulsea vestita subsp. pygmaea |
| 3 | Plants 10–30 cm; cauline leaves (0 or 1–2 proximal to mid stems) narrowly lanceolate | Hulsea vestita subsp. vestita |
| 3 | Plants 20–100 cm; cauline leaves (usually 3+ proximal to mid stems) lanceolate to ovate | > 4 |
| 4 | Proximal leaves: margins dentate to lobed; ray florets 18–32, laminae usually yellow, rarely red-tinged, 12–18 mm | Hulsea vestita subsp. inyoensis |
| 4 | Proximal leaves: margins entire, undulate, or lobed; ray florets 16–25, laminae usually yellow, sometimes red-tinged distally, 6–10 mm | > 5 |
| 5 | Cauline leaves (on proximal 1/4 of stems) lance-oblong to ovate (1.5–3 cm), margins entire or undulate | Hulsea vestita subsp. callicarpha |
| 5 | Cauline leaves (on proximal 1/2 of stems) lanceolate to ovate (2.5–3.5 cm), margins undulate to lobed | Hulsea vestita subsp. gabrielensis |