Agnorhiza reticulata

(Greene) W. A. Weber

Phytologia 85: 20. 1999.

EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Wyethia reticulata Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 9. 1884
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 106. Mentioned on page 104.

Plants mostly 40–70 cm. Stems erect, usually branched distally. Cauline leaves: blades (green) ovate-lanceolate to deltate, 6–15 cm, bases truncate or subcordate, margins entire or serrulate to crenate, faces sparsely hispid or scabrous (and finely gland-dotted, often vernicose). Heads held beyond or among the leaves. Involucres hemispheric, 15–30 mm diam. Outer phyllaries oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 12–20+ mm (± equaling discs, tips usually spreading to squarrose). Ray florets 10–16(–21), laminae 20–25 mm. Cypselae ca. 6 mm, glabrous; pappi coroniform, 0.1–1 mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Chaparral, oak woodlands
Elevation: 300–500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Agnorhiza reticulata is known only from foothills of the Sierra Nevada and is considered to be globally endangered.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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William A. Weber +
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Wyethia reticulata +
300–500 m +
Chaparral, oak woodlands +
Flowering May–Jun. +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Agnorhiza reticulata +
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