Lessingia glandulifera A.Gray

Valley lessingia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lessingia

Characteristics

Plants 5–40 cm. Stems erect, tan, glabrous or villous to woolly. Leaves: basal withering before flowering; cauline margins ± entire, faces sessile-glandular, abaxial glabrous or villous to woolly. Heads borne singly at ends of branchlets. Involucres obconic to cylindric, 4–7 mm. Phyllaries green, glabrous or villous to tomentose, gland-dotted; inner scarious. Disc florets 10–30; corollas yellow (tubes without brown-purple band inside); style-branch appendages lanceolate, 0.3–1.3 mm. Pappi white to tan, equaling or longer than cypselae.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Lessingia glandulifera world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229908-1
WFO ID wfo-0000130444
COL ID 6Q3B6
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Lessingia glandulifera Lessingia lemmonii Lessingia ramulosissima Lessingia germanorum var. lemmonii Lessingia lemmonii var. ramulosissima Lessingia germanorum var. glandulifera Lessingia germanorum var. ramulosissima

Lower taxons

Lessingia glandulifera var. peirsonii Lessingia glandulifera var. tomentosa