FNA: Crocidium multicaule

	Crocidium multicaule
	common spring-gold, gold-star, spring-gold
Leaf	blades: basal 10–25+ × 3–8(–12+) mm, entire or toothed; cauline 3–12 × 1–4 mm, mostly entire.
Involucres	3–5(–7+) mm.
Ray florets	corolla tubes 1–1.5 mm, laminae oblong to elliptic, 3–6(–10) mm.
Disc florets	corolla tubes 0.7–1.5 mm, throats 0.5–1.1 mm, lobes 0.5–0.9 mm.
Cypselae	1.5–2.5 mm; pappi 2–4 mm.
2n	= 18.

	Crocidium multicaule
Phenology	Flowering Feb–Jun.
Habitat	Grassy, mossy, or bare, often disturbed, sometimes wet sites in chaparral, oak forests, conifer forests, and sagebrush scrub
Elevation	90–1500 m [300–4900 ft]
Distribution	CA; ID; OR; WA; BC [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Parent taxa	Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Crocidium
Name authority	Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 335, plate 118. (1834)
Source	FNA vol. 20, p. 641. Treatment author: John L. Strother.
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

common spring-gold, gold-star, spring-gold

Leaf

blades: basal 10–25+ × 3–8(–12+) mm, entire or toothed;

cauline 3–12 × 1–4 mm, mostly entire.

Involucres

3–5(–7+) mm.

Ray florets

corolla tubes 1–1.5 mm, laminae oblong to elliptic, 3–6(–10) mm.

Disc florets

corolla tubes 0.7–1.5 mm, throats 0.5–1.1 mm, lobes 0.5–0.9 mm.

Cypselae

1.5–2.5 mm;

pappi 2–4 mm.

= 18.

Phenology

Flowering Feb–Jun.

Habitat

Grassy, mossy, or bare, often disturbed, sometimes wet sites in chaparral, oak forests, conifer forests, and sagebrush scrub

Elevation

90–1500 m [300–4900 ft]

Distribution

CA; ID; OR; WA; BC

Parent taxa

Name authority

Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 335, plate 118. (1834)

Source

Web links

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