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A. Gray

in G. Bentham, Pl. Hartw., 315. 1849.

Common names: Dwarf lessingia
Endemic
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 5 November 2020

Plants 2–5(–25) cm. Stems decumbent, tan, woolly. Leaves: basal withering by flowering; cauline margins entire, faces gland-dotted (in pits), abaxial woolly. Heads borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, in axils of leaves or at ends of branchlets. Involucres obconic, 7–10 mm. Phyllaries green, faces woolly, gland-dotted; inner cartilaginous (stiff, white). Disc florets 10–20; corollas white or pale lavender (color more intense in tubes); style-branch appendages truncate-penicillate, 0.2–0.4 mm. Pappi pink to red, longer than cypselae. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Open plains, often clay soils
Elevation: 200–900 m

Discussion

Lessingia nana is known from the northern Great Central Valley, adjacent foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and foothills of the Cascade Range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.