Agnorhiza ovata

(Torrey & Gray) W. A. Weber

Phytologia 85: 20. 1999.

Basionym: Wyethia ovata Torrey & A. Gray in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 143. 1848
Synonyms: Wyethia coriacea A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 105. Mentioned on page 104.

Plants (5–) 10–30 (–45+) cm. Stems decumbent, seldom distally branched. Cauline leaves: blades broadly ovate or elliptic to suborbiculate, 7–20 cm, bases broadly cuneate to truncate or cordate, faces silky-villous to strigillose, glabrescent. Heads in axils of (and overtopped by) leaves. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 12–20 (–25) mm diam. Outer phyllaries broadly linear to oblong or obovate, 12–35 mm (equaling or surpassing ray corollas). Ray-florets 5–8 (–9), laminae 8–18 mm. Cypselae 9–10 mm, glabrous; pappi coroniform (lacerate, projected into scales on angles), 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul(–Aug).
Habitat: Grassy slopes, openings in pine forests
Elevation: (900–)1300–1900 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and cymiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
William A. Weber +
(Torrey & Gray) W. A. Weber +
bristlelike +
coroniform +
broadly cuneate +  and truncate or cordate +
Wyethia ovata +
compound +  and simple +
elliptic;suborbiculate +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
3-4-angled +  and prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
(900–)1300–1900 m +
glabrescent +, silky-villous +  and strigillose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Grassy slopes, openings in pine forests +
discoid +  and radiate +
in more or less racemiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
lance-deltate +
dentate to crenate +  and entire +
broadly linear +  and oblong or obovate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
coroniform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul(–Aug). +
12 +  and 26 +
unequal +  and subequal +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Wyethia coriacea +
Agnorhiza ovata +
Agnorhiza +
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 />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +