Layia jonesii A.Gray

Jones' tidytips (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Layia

Characteristics

Plants 7–55 cm (self-incom-patible); glandular, not strongly scented. Stems usually purple-streaked. Leaf blades lanceolate or oblanceolate to linear, 10–70(–90) mm, margins (basal leaves) lobed to pinnatifid. Involucres ± broadly urceolate, 4–8 × 4–8(–12) mm. Phyllaries 13–27, apices usually shorter, sometimes longer than folded bases. Paleae in 1 series between ray and disc florets. Ray florets 13–27 (in 2 series); laminae proximally yellow, distally white, 5–10(–14) mm. Disc florets 35–100+; corollas 3–5 mm; anthers ± dark purple. Ray cypselae glabrous. Disc pappi 0 or of 8–14 whitish, ± ovate or elliptic, ± equal scales 0.5–2 mm, not plumose, not adaxially woolly (bases sparsely setose). 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) 0.07 - 0.55
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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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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229124-1
WFO ID wfo-0000004683
COL ID 3SNY5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Layia jonesii Callichroa jonesii Blepharipappus jonesii