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|accepted_name=Hesperevax
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=7: 356. 1868
|year=1868
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Evax sect. Hesperevax
|authority=A. Gray
|publication_title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication_place=4(5): 101. 1857
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae;Hesperevax
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hesperevax]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hesperos, western, and genus name Evax, alluding to first discoveries from western limits of Evax distribution
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 26, 385, 388, 465, 470
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 0.5–10(–20) cm. <b>Stems</b> 0, or 1, ± erect, or 2–10, ascending-erect to prostrate. <b>Leaves</b> basal or cauline; alternate (leaf or petiole bases yellowish, enlarged); blades oblanceolate to ± round. <b>Heads</b> usually in loose to dense glomerules of 2–40+ in cymiform or spiciform arrays, sometimes borne singly. <b>Involucres</b> 0. <b>Phyllaries</b> 0 or vestigial. <b>Receptacles</b> proximally conic, distally cylindric or slightly expanded (heights 0.8–1.3 or 4–6 times diams.), bristly (bristle lengths ± 1/2 palea lengths). <b>Pistillate</b> paleae persistent, erect to ascending or spreading; bodies with 5+ nerves (nerves ± parallel, obscure), obovate to oblanceolate, not gibbous, flat to concave or loosely folded most of lengths (almost closed near bases, not enclosing florets); wings 0. <b>Staminate</b> paleae persistent, usually 5, erect or distally spreading (and enlarged, thickened) in fruit, shorter than or surpassing pistillate paleae; bodies obovate (apices entire, blunt, adaxially green and lanuginose). <b>Pistillate</b> florets 3–25. <b>Functionally</b> staminate florets 2–6(–12); corolla (zygomorphic, ± gibbous) lobes (3–)4(–5), unequal. <b>Bisexual</b> florets 0. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, proximally black-banded, monomorphic: obcompressed, obovoid (somewhat angular), slightly incurved, not gibbous, faces glabrous, smooth, dull to ± shiny; corolla scars apical; pappi 0.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw United States.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>See discussion of Filagininae following tribal description (p. 385).</p><!--
--><p><i>Hesperevax</i> is known from sites in Mediterranean climates of western California and southwestern Oregon. Most of its taxa grow in distinctive habitats, where they tolerate or exploit moderate levels of disturbance.</p><!--
--><p><i>Hesperevax</i> is monophyletic and probably sister to <i>Ancistrocarphus</i>; Gifolaria (Cosson & Kralik) Pomel may also be related (J. D. Morefield 1992). <i>Hesperevax</i> is sharply distinct from Evax and relatives by receptacles bristly (unique in Filagininae), staminate paleae enlarged, thickened, apices erect or spreading, blunt, adaxially green and lanuginose, and staminate corollas zygomorphic (Morefield 1992c). The species are relatively easy to distinguish by the sizes, shapes, and arrangements of leaves, glomerules, and heads.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=morefield1992c
|text=Morefield, J. D. 1992c. Resurrection and revision of Hesperevax (Asteraceae: Inuleae). Syst. Bot. 17: 293–310.
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|1
|Terminal heads in loose glomerules of 3–5, cylindric, heights 1.8–2.5 times diams.; capitular leaves 1–4 per glomerule or head; staminate paleae: apices ± erect
|[[Hesperevax sparsiflora|Hesperevax sparsiflora]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Terminal heads borne singly or in dense glomerules of (2–)10–40+, campanulate or ± obpyramidal, heights 1–1.5 times diams.; capitular leaves 6–20 per glomerule or head; staminate paleae: apices spreading
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Largest leaves 4–22(–32) × 0.5–4(–5) mm; petiole lengths 0–1.5 times blade lengths, bases scarcely thickened, pliant to ± cartilaginous; heads borne singly or, rarely, in glomerules (3–7 mm diam.) of 2–8 mixed with leaves
|[[Hesperevax acaulis|Hesperevax acaulis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Largest leaves (25–)33–90 × 7–20 mm; petiole lengths 2–3 times blade lengths, bases thickened, indurate; heads in glomerules (10–25 mm diam.) of 10–40+ not mixed with leaves
|[[Hesperevax caulescens|Hesperevax caulescens]]
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name=Hesperevax
|author=James D. Morefield
|authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Evax sect. Hesperevax
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=sw United States.
|reference=morefield1992c
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1868
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae
|genus=Hesperevax
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