Hulsea brevifolia A.Gray

Shortleaf alpinegold (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hulsea

Characteristics

Perennials, 30–60 cm. Stems 1–7, sparsely lanate. Leaves mostly cauline; blades green, lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–11 cm, margins sinuate to toothed (teeth triangular, obtuse), faces sparsely to moderately glandular-villous; distal cauline leaves ± oblanceolate, gradually reduced. Heads 3–4. Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 10–16 mm diam. Phyllaries 8–10 mm, outer lanceolate, apices acuminate. Ray florets 10–23; corolla tubes hairy, laminae yellow, 10–14 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 6–8 mm; pappus scales unequal, shorter 1–2 mm, longer 2–3 mm. 2n = 38.
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Growth form herb
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Images

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Distribution

Hulsea brevifolia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225088-1
WFO ID wfo-0000011766
COL ID 6MDXR
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Synonyms

Hulsea brevifolia