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Lessingia lemmonii

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Name

Identification
Lessingia germanorum Cham. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Lessingia lemmonii A.Gray [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lessingia ramulosissima
  • Lessingia lemmonii
  • Lessingia germanorum
  • Lessingia glandulifera
Common name
  • Peirson’s lessingia, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Lessingia glandulifera A. Gray var. peirsonii (J. T. Howell) Markos [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 20,
Names
Lessingia glandulifera A. Gray var. peirsonii (J. T. Howell) Markos [family COMPOSITAE], Madroño, 52: 60. 2005
Lessingia germanorum Chamisso var. peirsonii J. T. Howell [family COMPOSITAE], Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot., 16: 26, figs. 25–30. 1929
Lessingia lemmonii A. Gray var. peirsonii (J. T. Howell) Ferris [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Staci Markos
Information
Stems villous to tomentose. Abaxial leaf faces tomentose. Involucres obconic, 5–6 mm. Phyllaries tomentose. Disc florets 10–25; style-branch appendages lanceolate, 0.6–1.3 mm. 2n = 10.
Phenology
may (spring), jun-aug (summer), sep (fall)
Altitude range
900–2100 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.
Discussion
Variety peirsonii is known from the northwestern Transverse Range (northwestern Los Angeles and south-central Kern counties), the Piute Mountains (Kern County), and the western Mojave Desert (eastern Kern County). The leaves have a dense tomentum that is only partly lost in age. The involucres are persistently tomentose.

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