Luina serpentina
in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 5: 257, unnumb. fig. [upper right]. 1955.
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 628.
Stems sprawling to erect. Leaves petiolate; blades lanceolate, 50–120 × 6–20 mm, abaxially lanate, adaxially loosely tomentose. Peduncles 15–35 mm. Phyllaries 10–14, linear, 9–10 mm. Florets 13–26; corollas yellow, 11–12 mm. Cypselae 5–6 mm, 12–15-nerved, glabrous; pappi of ca. 125 bristles 10–11 mm.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Serpentine soils
Elevation: ca. 1000 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.