Lessingia ramulosa A.Gray

Sonoma lessingia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lessingia

Characteristics

Plants 20–50 cm. Stems erect, tan, stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal usually persistent at flowering; cauline margins entire, faces stipitate-glandular, abaxial glabrous or glabrate. Heads borne singly, at ends of branchlets. Involucres hemispheric to campanulate, 5–7 mm. Phyllaries purple-tipped, glabrous, stipitate-glandular; inner scarious. Disc florets 5–15; corollas lavender (color more intense in tubes); style-branch appendages truncate-penicillate, 0.1–0.3 mm. Pappi tan, longer than cypselae. 2n = 10.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Lessingia ramulosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229923-1
WFO ID wfo-0000132819
COL ID 6PRB2
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Synonyms

Lessingia ramulosa Lessingia ramulosa var. ramulosa Lessingia ramulosa var. adenophora