Wyethia x cusickii |
Wyethia angustifolia |
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hybrid mule's ears |
narrow-leaved mule's ears |
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Habit | Plants not tomentose. | Plants not tomentose. |
Stems | erect, 32–45 cm, sparsely to very sparsely villous-hirsute. |
decumbent to ascending; (9)20–96 cm, villous-hirsute; more densely so at bases of stems. |
Basal leaves | lanceolate to elliptic to ovate, 21–26 × 6.5–11.5 cm, generally < 3 × as long as wide, bases sometimes decurrent; margins entire or with small teeth; surfaces glabrous but generally sparsely hirsute on midribs and margins; petioles 2–13 cm. Cauline leaves lanceolate to oblong, 6–18 × 2–6 cm; petioles 0–4 cm. |
elliptic to oblanceolate, 8–47 × 1.3–8.3(10.2) cm, generally > 4 × as long as wide, tapered to both ends; but more strongly tapered to bases; margins entire or toothed; surfaces hirsutulous, villous-hirsute on midribs, sometimes resinous and shiny; petioles 0–19.4 cm. |
Cauline leaves | lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3–38 × 0.7–6 cm; petioles 0–6 cm. |
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Inflorescences | terminal heads 1, occasionally with 1–4 reduced; axillary heads; peduncles up to 1.5 cm. |
terminal heads 1(3), often with smaller axillary heads; peduncles 2–20 cm. |
Involucres | terminal 30–45 × 13–15 mm; axillary ~12 × 10 mm. |
(15)20–45 × (10)15–22 mm. |
Ray florets | ~15, light yellow; rays 35–45 × 8–10 mm. |
10–17, yellow to orange-yellow; rays 21–38 × 5–14 mm. |
Disc florets | 7–11 mm. |
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Phyllaries | linear to lanceolate, 17–28 × 3–6 mm; surfaces ciliate. |
linear to lanceolate, 10–27(35) × 2–7 mm, hirsutulous, ciliate; cilia ~1 mm. |
Fruits | 7–11 × 1–2 mm, strigillose apically; pappus scales lanceolate; crowns 0.3–1 mm. |
7–8 × 1.2–2 mm, strigillose; pappus scales lanceolate, 2–8 mm; crowns 0.7–1.1 mm. |
Paleae | 12–17 mm. |
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Wyethia x cusickii |
Wyethia angustifolia |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Open, grassy areas. Flowering May–Jun. 800–1700 m. BW, Lava. ID, WA. Native. Wyethia × cusickii is the hybrid between W. amplexicaulis and W. helianthoides and can be expected wherever their ranges overlap. It ranges from something that looks very much like W. amplexicaulis, but with ciliate phyllaries, to something that looks much like W. helianthoides but is mostly glabrous. |
Open, grassy areas, coastal bluffs, open woodlands, serpentine. Flowering May–Jul. 0–1600 m. Casc, ECas, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, WA. Native. “Angustifolia” means narrow-leaved. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 369 Abigail (Abby) Moore |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 368 Abigail (Abby) Moore |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Wyethia angustifolia var. angustifolia | |
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