Lessingia glandulifera var. tomentosa

(Greene) Ferris

Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 101. 1958.

Common names: Warner Springs lessingia
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Lessingia tomentosa Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 32. 1910
Synonyms: Lessingia germanorum var. tomentosa (Greene) J. T. Howell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 454.

Stems woolly. Abaxial leaf faces woolly. Involucres obconic, 5–6 mm. Phyllaries glabrous or villous. Disc-florets 15–30; style-branch appendages lanceolate, 0.3–0.6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides, hillsides, usually sandy soils
Elevation: 800–1300 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety tomentosa is known only from near Warner Springs in San Diego County. It is conspicuously woolly except on the phyllaries.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
villous +  and woolly +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Staci Markos +
(Greene) Ferris +
decurrent +
Lessingia tomentosa +
obovate;lanceolate linear or subulate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Warner Springs lessingia +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
5-10-nerved +  and smooth +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
not compressed +, cuneiform +  and linear +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
800–1300 m +
puberulent +  and pilose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Grasslands, roadsides, hillsides, usually sandy soils +
in more or less corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
spreading;erect +
lanceolate +
dentate to pinnately lobed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
white +  and tan +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
Flowering Aug–Nov. +
gland-dotted +  and green +
recurved +  and erect +
villous +  and glabrous +
lanceolate +, ovate +  and oblong +
Contr. Dudley Herb. +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
branched +  and simple +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Lessingia germanorum var. tomentosa +
Lessingia glandulifera var. tomentosa +
Lessingia glandulifera +
variety +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +