Lasthenia coronaria

(Nuttall) Ornduff

Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 40: 76. 1966.

Common names: Crowned or royal goldfields
Basionym: Ptilomeris coronaria Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 382. 1841
Synonyms: Baeria californica (Hooker) K. L. Chambers Baeria coronaria (Nuttall) A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 347. Mentioned on page 346.

Annuals, to 40 cm (herbage sweetly scented). Stems erect, branched distally, usually glandular-puberulent (often with longer non-glandular hairs as well). Leaves linear, 15–60 × 0.5–5 mm, (not fleshy) margins entire or 1–2-pinnately lobed, faces hairy. Involucres hemispheric to obconic, 4–7 mm. Phyllaries 6–14, lanceolate to ovate, hairy. Receptacles conic, smooth, muricate, or pitted, hairy. Ray florets 6–15; (corollas yellow) laminae linear-oblong or oblong, 3–10 mm. Anther appendages elliptic, acute (style apices ± deltate with apical tufts of hairs and subapical fringes of shorter hairs). Cypselae black, linear to narrowly clavate, to 2.5 mm, hairy; pappi usually of 5–6+ lanceolate to ovate scales (1–5 uniaristate), sometimes of 4–5 subulate, aristate scales, or 0. 2n = 8, 10.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Sunny, open grassy areas
Elevation: 0–700 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Pappus, head size, and branching pattern vary in Lasthenia coronaria. Two types of pappi are often found within a head and sometimes in different individuals of a population. The most distinctive feature of this species is its glandular herbage, which produces a characteristic sweet scent not present in any other lasthenia.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Raymund Chan +  and Robert Ornduff† +
(Nuttall) Ornduff +
Ptilomeris coronaria +
Crowned or royal goldfields +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California). +
0–700 m +
Sunny, open grassy areas +
Flowering Mar–May. +
Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. +
Baeria californica +  and Baeria coronaria +
Lasthenia coronaria +
Lasthenia sect. Ptilomeris +
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