Layia pentachaeta A.Gray

Sierra tidytips (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Layia

Characteristics

Plants 5–100 cm (self-incom-patible); glandular, strongly lemon-or acrid-scented. Stems not purple-streaked. Leaf blades oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, 6–110 mm, margins (basal leaves) 1–2-pinnatifid. Involucres ± hemispheric, 5–12 × 2–12+ mm. Phyllaries 4–14, apices shorter or longer than folded bases. Paleae in 1 series between ray and disc florets. Ray florets 3–14; laminae yellow or white, 3–26 mm. Disc florets 7–120+; corollas 3–6 mm; anthers yellow to brownish. Ray cypselae glabrous. Disc pappi 0 or of 1–22 whitish, ± equal, setiform scales 1.5–3.5 mm, each proximally plumose, seldom adaxially woolly.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 1.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 8 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229131-1
WFO ID wfo-0000041915
COL ID 3SNYB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Layia pentachaeta Blepharipappus pentachaetus Layia pentachaeta var. pentachaeta

Lower taxons

Layia pentachaeta subsp. pentachaeta Layia pentachaeta subsp. albida