familyAsteraceae
genusHemizonia
speciesHemizonia congesta
subspeciesHemizonia congesta subsp. lutescens
Hemizonia congesta subsp. lutescens
Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 13: 38. 1924.
Basionym: Hemizonia luzulifolia var. lutescens Greene
Synonyms: Hemizonia citrina GreeneHemizonia congesta var. lutescens (Greene) JepsonHemizonia congesta subsp. vernalis (D. D. Keck) TanowitzHemizonia lutescens Hooker & ArnottHemizonia luzulifolia var. citrina (Greene) JepsonHemizonia multicaulis unknownHemizonia multicaulis subsp. vernalis D. D. Keck
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Leaves pubescent, villous, or sericeous (distal with hairs not notably longer at margins), all or distal glandular. Heads in paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 0 or 1–20 mm, bracts not surpassing phyllaries. Calyculi 0. Phyllaries 4.5–6.5(–8) mm, apices usually shorter than bodies. Ray florets 5–14; laminae yellow, abaxially purple-veined. Cypsela widths 0.4–0.63 times lengths. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Dec.
Habitat: Grassy slopes, flats, barrens, openings in woodlands or chaparral, often on serpentine
Elevation: 0–500 m
Discussion
Subspecies lutescens occurs in the southern, outer North Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay area and on the immediate coast, mostly north of the Golden Gate.
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Lower Taxa
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