View source for Wyethia helenioides

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|accepted_name=Wyethia helenioides
|accepted_authority=(de Candolle) Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|place=7: 353. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Alarconia helenioides
|authority=de Candolle
|publication_title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication_place=5: 537. 1836
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Wyethia;Wyethia helenioides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Wyethia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Wyethia helenioides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 100
|treatment_page=page 101
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(15–)25–40(–60) cm. <b>Basal</b> leaves: blades (whitish to grayish) oblong-ovate to lance-elliptic, 18–38 cm, margins usually entire, sometimes serrulate or dentate (often undulate), faces densely tomentose to tomentulose (usually gland-dotted as well), glabrescent; cauline leaves (3–6) similar, smaller. <b>Heads</b> usually borne singly (–2+). <b>Involucres</b> hemispheric or broader, 35–60+ mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> 16–24, unequal, herbaceous, margins not ciliolate, faces tomentose; outer (30–)40–80+ mm (foliaceous, much surpassing the discs). <b>Ray</b> florets 13–21; laminae 20–35(–50) mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 12–15 mm, distally strigillose. <b>2n</b> = 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May.
|habitat=Grassy slopes, openings in woodlands
|elevation=10 –1600(–2000) m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Wyethia helenioides</i> grows in the Sierra <i>Nevada</i> foothills and west of the Central Valley, avoiding the fog belt.</p>
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name=Wyethia helenioides
|author=
|authority=(de Candolle) Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Alarconia helenioides
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May.
|habitat=Grassy slopes, openings in woodlands
|elevation=10 –1600(–2000) m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|publication year=1840
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Wyethia
|species=Wyethia helenioides
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