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Lessingia pectinata
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 47: 548. 1896.
Endemic
Synonyms: Lessingia germanorum var. pectinata (Greene) J. T. Howell Lessingia glandulifera var. pectinata (Greene) Jepson
Plants 5–70 cm. Stems erect, green, tan, or reddish to dark brown, usually glabrous or villous, rarely tomentose. Leaves: basal withering by flowering; cauline margins entire or dentate to pinnately lobed, faces gland-dotted, abaxial glabrous or villous to tomentose. Heads borne singly, at ends of branchlets. Involucres obconic, (4–)5–8 mm. Phyllaries usually green, rarely purple, faces glabrous or villous to tomentose, gland-dotted; inner ± scarious. Disc florets 15–30; corollas yellow (tubes with brown-purple band inside); style-branch appendages truncate-penicillate, 0.1–0.2 mm. Pappi white to tan, equal to or longer than cypselae.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Stems reddish to dark brown; leaf margins dentate to pinnately lobed (segments cuspidate) | Lessingia pectinata var. pectinata |
| 1 | Stems green or tan; leaves entire or dentate to pinnately lobed (segments not cuspidate) | Lessingia pectinata var. tenuipes |