Lagophylla glandulosa

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 219. 1882.

Endemic
Synonyms: Lagophylla glandulosa subsp. serrata (Greene) D. D. Keck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 261. Mentioned on page 260.

Plants 10–100(–150) cm (weakly self-incompatible); branching excurrent, distal stems usually sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular, rarely eglandular. Leaves: blades green or gray-green, distal stipitate-glandular, glands yellow or golden. Heads in paniculiform arrays. Calyculi of 3–5 bractlets. Involucres obconic. Phyllaries 5–7 mm, hirtellous to piloso-hirsute on angles, hairs ± patent to antrorsely curved, 0.3–1+ mm. Ray laminae 7–13 mm. Cypselae glossy. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering May–Nov.
Habitat: Grasslands, openings in chaparral and woodlands
Elevation: 10–900 m

Discussion

Lagophylla glandulosa comprises spring and summer–fall flowering populations that occur widely in the northern Great Valley and surrounding foothills of the North Inner Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.