Hulsea vestita subsp. vestita
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 399.
Plants 10–30 (–40) cm. Leaves: proximal blades 2–6 cm, margins entire or ± undulate, faces densely lanate to woolly; cauline leaves (0 or 1–2 proximal to mid-stems) narrowly lanceolate. Heads 1 (–2). Involucres obconic, 10–12 mm diam. Phyllaries 8–11 mm, outer narrowly obovate to oblong-lanceolate, apices acuminate. Ray-florets 12–21; laminae usually yellow, sometimes red-tinged, 8–10 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 5–7 mm; pappus-scales subequal, 1–2 mm. 2n = 38.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, talus, and flats, alpine or coniferous forest, on various substrates
Elevation: 2000–3000 m
Discussion
Subspecies vestita grows in and near the Sierra Nevada.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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introrse +
connate +
herbaceous +
acuminate +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform +
continuous +
decurrent +
spatulate +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
1;15 +
stigmatic +
6;80 +
absent +
lanceolate +
glabrous +
zygomorphic +
monomorphic +
dimorphic +
silky-hairy +
5mm;7mm +
staminate +
reduced +
Calif. +
straight +
scabrellous +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
discoid +
indeterminate +
surrounding +
obconic +
basal +
2-carpellate +
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anatropous +
subequal +
persistent +
fragile +
falling +
equal +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1865 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
pitted +
knobby +
fibrous +
distinct +
laciniate +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
2;4 +
Endemic +
alternate +
erect +
2-branched +
papillate +
Hulsea vestita subsp. vestita +
Hulsea vestita +
subspecies +
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