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Deinandra pallida

Kern tarweed
Habit Annuals, 9–100 cm.
Stems

± solid or fistulose.
Leaves

proximal blades pinnatifid to toothed, faces ± hirsute and sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular as well.
Bracts

subtending heads sometimes overlapping proximal 0–1/2 of each involucre.
Ray florets

(7–)8–12;

laminae pale yellow, 6–12 mm.
Disc florets

10–21, all or mostly functionally staminate;

anthers yellow or brownish.
Phyllaries

± evenly and minutely stipitate-glandular, including margins and apices, with non-glandular, non-pustule-based hairs as well.
Heads

in crowded to open, corymbiform or paniculiform arrays.
Paleae

in 1 series.
Pappi

usually of 4–9 linear or oblong scales 0.8–1.1 mm, or of 1–5 subulate to setiform scales 0.1–0.9 mm, rarely 0.
2n

= 18.

Deinandra pallida
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Grasslands, open woodlands and shrublands, barrens, disturbed sites, sandy, silty, or clayey soils, often ± alkaline
Elevation 70–900 m (200–3000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Deinandra pallida occurs in the southern San Joaquin Valley and the bordering Inner South Coast Ranges and southern Sierra Nevada foothills.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 286.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Madiinae > Deinandra
Sibling taxa
D. arida, D. bacigalupii, D. clementina, D. conjugens, D. corymbosa, D. fasciculata, D. floribunda, D. halliana, D. increscens, D. kelloggii, D. lobbii, D. minthornii, D. mohavensis, D. paniculata, D. pentactis
Synonyms Hemizonia pallida
Name authority (D. D. Keck) B. G. Baldwin: Novon 9: 469. (1999)
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