Layia fremontii (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray

Fremont's tidytips (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Layia

Characteristics

Plants 8–40 cm (self-incom-patible); not glandular, not strongly scented. Stems not purple-streaked. Leaf blades lanceolate or oblanceolate to linear, 6–70(–90) mm, margins (basal leaves) lobed (pinnatifid). Involucres hemispheric to depressed-hemispheric, 4–11 × 3–11+ mm. Phyllaries 3–15, apices often longer (sometimes shorter) than folded bases. Paleae subtending ± all disc florets. Ray florets 3–15; laminae proximally yellow, distally white or light yellow, 5–18(–23) mm. Disc florets 4–100+; corollas 3.5–4.5 mm; anthers ± dark purple. Ray cypselae glabrous. Disc pappi of 9–12 white to tawny, lance-attenuate, ± equal scales 2–5 mm, each neither plumose nor adaxially woolly. 2n = 14.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.4
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 8 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

Layia fremontii unspecified picture

Distribution

Layia fremontii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229116-1
WFO ID wfo-0000022232
COL ID 3SNXX
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Layia fremontii Calliachyris fremontii Blepharipappus fremontii