View source for Malacothrix clevelandii

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|accepted_name=Malacothrix clevelandii
|accepted_authority=A. Gray in W. H. Brewer et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California
|place=1: 433. 1876
|year=1876
}}
|common_names=Cleveland’s desertdandelion
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Crepis geisseana
|authority=Philippi
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malacothrix senecioides
|authority=Reiche
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Malacothrix;Malacothrix clevelandii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malacothrix]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malacothrix clevelandii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 311, 312, 314
|treatment_page=page 313
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 4–36 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1–5, erect or ascending, branched mostly distally, glabrous. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: proximal oblanceolate to lance-linear, sometimes pinnately lobed, not fleshy, ultimate margins usually dentate, faces glabrous; distal reduced (margins 2–4-dentate near bases or entire). <b>Calyculi</b> of 5–12, lance-deltate to lanceolate bractlets, hyaline margins 0.05–0.2 mm. <b>Involucres</b> narrowly campanulate, 4–8+ × 2–4+ mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 8–15+ in 2+ series, lance-linear to linear, ± equal, hyaline margins 0.05–0.3 mm wide, abaxial faces glabrous. <b>Receptacles</b> not bristly. <b>Florets</b> (19–67); corollas pale yellow, 4–7.4 mm; outer ligules exserted 1–3 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> fusiform or prismatic, 1.2–1.8 mm, ribs extending to apices, 5 more prominent than others; persistent pappi of 15–24+, needlelike teeth plus 1 bristle. <b>Pollen</b> 70–100% 3-porate, mean 25 µm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Cleared areas (burns, slides), usually chaparral, rarely margins of creosote bush shrub
|elevation=20–1500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Argentina;Chile).
|discussion=<p><i>Malacothrix clevelandii</i> grows in northwestern California, Sierra <i>Nevada</i> foothills, San Joaquin Valley, central western California, and northern Channel Islands (Santa <i>Rosa</i> Island).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malacothrix clevelandii
|author=
|authority=A. Gray in W. H. Brewer et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Crepis geisseana;Malacothrix senecioides
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Cleared areas (burns, slides), usually chaparral, rarely margins of creosote bush shrub
|elevation=20–1500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Argentina;Chile).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California
|publication year=1876
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_465.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Malacothrix
|species=Malacothrix clevelandii
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