Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia

(Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi

Phytologia 71: 60. 1991.

Endemic
Basionym: Pyrrocoma sonchifolia Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 18. 1909
Synonyms: Haplopappus hirtus subsp. sonchifolius (Greene) H. M. Hall Haplopappus hirtus var. sonchifolius (Greene) M. Peck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 418.

Plants 10–30 (–45) cm. Stems glabrate or sparsely villous, densely stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal blades 50–200 × 15–45 mm, margins entire or coarsely serrate, faces glabrate to sparsely villous, stipitate-glandular. Heads (1–) 5–7. Involucres 8–12 × 12–20 mm. Phyllaries loose, subequal, bases chartaceous, apices green (faces stipitate-glandular).


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Wet gravelly meadows, forest openings, moist soils
Elevation: 1200–1800 m

Discussion

Variety sonchifolia is recognized by its wider leaves and its preference for moist habitats. More study is needed to determine the status of this taxon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
acute;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Bogler +
(Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
serrate or shallowly laciniate +, spinulose-dentate +  and entire +
linear +  and elliptic +
attenuate +
3mm;30mm +
Pyrrocoma sonchifolia +
compound +  and simple +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate or elliptic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
3-4-angled +  and subcylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
1200–1800 m +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrate +  and sparsely villous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Wet gravelly meadows, forest openings, moist soils +
discoid +  and disciform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
hemispheric;campanulate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
serrate +  and entire +
linear +  and elliptic +
stipitate-glandular +
attenuate +
3mm +  and 30mm +
2-carpellate +
whitish +  and tawny +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
appressed +  and loosely spreading +
linear-lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
ascending +  and erect +
stipitate-glandular +, villous +  and glabrate +
1 +  and 4 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Haplopappus hirtus subsp. sonchifolius +  and Haplopappus hirtus var. sonchifolius +
Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia +
Pyrrocoma hirta +
variety +
tubular-funnelform +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrous +, tomentose +  and sericeous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +