View source for Helianthella californica

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Helianthella californica
|accepted_authority=A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|place=4(5): 103. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Helianthella;Helianthella californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Helianthella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Helianthella californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 115
|treatment_page=page 116
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>15–60 cm. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: (nearly all opposite or mostly alternate) largest proximal to mid stems; blades ± 3-nerved, lance-ovate or oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate or linear, 5–26 cm, faces ± hirsutulous to scaberulous or glabrescent. <b>Heads</b> usually borne singly, sometimes 2–3+, erect. <b>Involucres</b> hemispheric, 15–25 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> lanceolate (sometimes outer 2–3 foliaceous; margins usually ciliate, abaxial faces densely hairy or glabrate). <b>Paleae</b> chartaceous, relatively firm. <b>Ray</b> florets (10–)12–16; laminae 15–20+ mm. <b>Disc</b> corollas yellow. <b>Cypselae</b> strongly compressed, obovate-cuneate to oblong (winged or almost wingless, margins ciliate, apices deeply notched, faces glabrous); pappi 0 or 2 ± subulate scales plus 0–4 shorter scales.</span><!--

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|distribution=w United States.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems branched; cauline leaves nearly all opposite; cypselae almost wingless; pappi 0
|[[Helianthella californica subsp. californica|Helianthella californica subsp. californica]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems not branched; cauline leaves mostly alternate; cypselae winged; pappi of 2 ± subulate scales plus 0–4 shorter scales
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades oblong-lanceolate or lance-linear, (10–)20–45 mm wide; heads usually 2–3+
|[[Helianthella californica subsp. nevadensis|Helianthella californica subsp. nevadensis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades usually linear to lance-linear, sometimes lance-ovate, 3–6(–18) mm wide; heads borne singly
|[[Helianthella californica subsp. shastensis|Helianthella californica subsp. shastensis]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Helianthella californica
|authority=A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=w United States.
|reference=None
|publication title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication year=1857
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Helianthella
|species=Helianthella californica
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