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tacky goldenweed

lanceleaf goldenweed

Habit Plants 10–60 cm. Plants 5–60 cm.
Stems

erect or ascending, usually tomentose, lightly to densely stipitate glandular.

erect or decumbent-ascending, glabrous to lightly tomentose.

Basal leaves

lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, 3–20 cm × 5–35 mm;

margins denticulate to sharply serrate-dentate;

surfaces villous to tomentose, stipitate-glandular, sometimes ciliate.

broadly or narrowly lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, rarely linear, 3–30 cm × 3–25 mm;

surfaces glabrous or villous-tomentose;

margins entire to denticulate or sharply serrate-dentate.

Cauline leaves

bases broadly attenuate to truncate, sessile.

reduced distally, usually sessile.

Involucres

7–13 mm.

4–11 mm.

Ray florets

10–30, conspicuous;

corollas 6–12 mm.

10–45, conspicuous;

corollas 5–10 mm.

Disc florets

30–60;

corollas 5–7 mm.

20–100;

corollas 5–10 mm.

Phyllaries

in 3–5 series, narrowly lanceolate to linear;

margins entire;

surfaces tomentose to scabrous and gland-dotted.

usually in 3–5 series, deltate to linear;

margins entire;

surfaces glabrous or villous.

Fruits

3–4.5 mm, brown, puberulent;

pappus bristles 5–7 mm.

3.5–4.5 mm, brown, puberulent;

pappus bristles 5–7 mm.

Heads

3–7 in raceme-like arrays, radiate;

peduncles 5–50 mm.

5–20(30) in corymb- or panicle-like arrays, radiate;

peduncles 5–70 mm.

2n

=12, 24.

=12, 24, 36.

Pyrrocoma hirta

Pyrrocoma lanceolata

Distribution
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Discussion

Conifer forests, shrublands, grasslands, roadsides. Flowering Jun–Aug. 400–1900 m. BR, BW, ECas. CA, ID, WA; southeast to UT. Native.

Conifer forests, shrublands, alkaline meadows, dry lake beds, sand dunes, disturbed areas. Flowering Jun–Aug. 700–2000 m. BR, BW, ECas, Owy. CA, ID, NV; northeast to Saskatchewan, east to WY, southeast to CO. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 330
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 331
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
P. carthamoides, P. howellii, P. lanceolata, P. racemosa, P. radiata, P. scaberula, P. uniflora
P. carthamoides, P. hirta, P. howellii, P. racemosa, P. radiata, P. scaberula, P. uniflora
Synonyms Haplopappus hirtus, Haplopappus hirtus ssp. hirtus, Haplopappus hirtus ssp. lanulosus, Haplopappus hirtus ssp. sonchifolius, Haplopappus hirtus var. hirtus, Haplopappus hirtus var. lanulosus, Haplopappus hirtus var. sonchifolius, Haplopappus subviscosus, Pyrrocoma hirta var. hirta, Pyrrocoma hirta var. lanulosa, Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia, Pyrrocoma lanceolata var. subviscosa Haplopappus lanceolatus, Haplopappus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus, Haplopappus lanceolatus ssp. tenuicaulis, Pyrrocoma lanceolata var. lanceolata
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