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Lagophylla ramosissima

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Lagophylla ramosissima Nuttall [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nutt., 1841
Related name
  • Lagophylla ramosissima

Flora

Entry for Lagophylla ramosissima Nuttall [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 21,
Names
Lagophylla ramosissima Nuttall [family COMPOSITAE], Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s., 7: 391. 1841
Lagophylla congesta Greene [family COMPOSITAE]
Lagophylla ramosissima subsp. congesta (Greene) D. D. Keck [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Bruce G. Baldwin
John L. Strother
Information
Plants 10–100(–150) cm (plants self-compatible); branching ex-current or ± pseudo-dichotomous, distal stems eglandular. Leaves: blades grayish, mostly eglandular (distal stipitate-glandular abax-ially, glands whitish or yellowish; plants otherwise eglandular). Heads in paniculiform arrays or in glomerules. Calyculi of 2–5 bractlets. Involucres obconic to obovoid. Phyllaries 4–7 mm, piloso-hirsute on angles, hairs ± patent to antrorsely curved, 0.5–1+ mm. Ray laminae 3–6 mm. Cypselae dull to ± glossy (weakly striate). 2n = 14.
Phenology
apr-may (spring), jun-aug (summer), sep-oct (fall)
Altitude range
10–1800 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.USA IdahoUSA Mont.USA Nev.USA Oreg.USA Wash.
Discussion
Lagophylla ramosissima occurs widely in dry, often disturbed or poor soils of the California Floristic Province, Great Basin, and Pacific Northwest. Plants with heads in glomerate arrays have been treated as L. congesta or L. ramosissima subsp. congesta; W. C. Thompson (1983, p. 21) concluded that L. congesta represents an “extreme morphological variant of L. ramosissima” unworthy of taxonomic recognition.

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