Wyethia mollis

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 544. 1865.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 102. Mentioned on page 101.

Plants 30–40 (–100) cm. Basal leaves: blades lanceolate to oblong-ovate (whitish to gray or green), 20–30 (–40) cm, margins entire, not ciliate, faces sparsely to densely tomentose to tomentulose (usually glanddotted as well), glabrescent (nearly bald in age); cauline similar, smaller distally. Heads 2–3 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays or borne singly. Involucres campanulate to hemispheric, 20–25 (–30) mm diam. Phyllaries 12–22, subequal to unequal, herbaceous, margins not ciliate, faces tomentose to tomentulose; outer 20–40 mm (equaling or surpassing inner). Ray-florets 6–15; laminae 15–45 mm. Cypselae 9–10 mm, distally strigillose. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Meadows, dry to wet, open sites, openings in conifer forests
Elevation: 900–2200(–3000) m

Discussion

Wyethia mollis grows in the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Wyethia mollis"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
less corymbiform +  and racemiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
William A. Weber +
A. Gray +
bristlelike +
coroniform +
truncate +  and cuneate +
compound +  and simple +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblong-ovate +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
3-4-angled +  and prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
900–2200(–3000) m +
tomentose +  and tomentulose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Meadows, dry to wet, open sites, openings in conifer forests +
racemiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
campanulate;hemispheric +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
less deltate +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
of 1-4+ ovate to subulate , erose to lacerate scales +  and coroniform +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
12 +  and 22 +
subequal +  and unequal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
1 +  and 4 +
lacerate +, ovate +  and subulate +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
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 +
Wyethia mollis +
species +
cylindric +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +