Hulsea vestita subsp. pygmaea
Aliso 7: 413. 1972.
Common names: Pygmy alpinegold
IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Hulsea vestita var. pygmaea A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 343. 1884
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 400.
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Plants 5–15 cm. Leaves: proximal blades spatulate, 1–4 cm, margins dentate to lobed, faces: abaxial densely lanate to woolly, adaxial glandular-puberulent. Heads 1. Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 15–18 mm diam. Phyllaries narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, 8–10 mm, (margins scarious) apices acuminate. Ray florets 9–20; laminae orange to reddish orange, 7–10 mm. Disc corollas orange. Cypselae 7–9 mm; pappus scales equal, 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 38.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Alpine to subalpine rocky slopes and talus, granitic or volcanic substrates
Elevation: 3000–3900 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies pygmaea grows in the San Bernardino Mountains and the southern Sierra Nevada.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.