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Lessingia tomentosa

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Lessingia tomentosa Greene [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Greene, 1910
Related name
  • Lessingia tomentosa
Common name
  • Warner Springs lessingia, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Lessingia glandulifera A. Gray var. tomentosa (Greene) Ferris [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. tomentosa (Greene) Ferris [family COMPOSITAE], Contr. Dudley Herb., 5: 101. 1958
Lessingia tomentosa Greene [family COMPOSITAE], Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit., 2: 32. 1910
Lessingia germanorum Chamisso var. tomentosa (Greene) J. T. Howell [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Staci Markos
Information
Stems woolly. Abaxial leaf faces woolly. Involucres obconic, 5–6 mm. Phyllaries glabrous or villous. Disc florets 15–30; style-branch appendages lanceolate, 0.3–0.6 mm.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
800–1300 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.
Discussion
Variety tomentosa is known only from near Warner Springs in San Diego County. It is conspicuously woolly except on the phyllaries.

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