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Panamint daisy

Habit Perennials, 15–80(–100+) cm; herbage silvery, hairs fine, ± appressed.
Leaves

petioles winged, wings merging with blades;

blades rhombic or widely elliptic, 4–10 × 2–8 cm.

Peduncles

30–100 cm.

Involucres

18–30 mm.

Ray florets

20–35;

corollas light yellow, laminae 30–50 mm (1.5–2 times disc diams.).

Phyllaries

in 4–6 series, lanceolate to ovate, apices acuminate.

Cypselae

± 10 × 6.5 mm, glabrous or puberulent;

pappi of 2 awns ± 1 mm (plus minute scales).

2n

= 36.

Enceliopsis covillei

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Stony hillsides, canyons
Elevation 400–1300 m (1300–4300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 113.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Enceliopsis
Sibling taxa
E. argophylla, E. nudicaulis
Synonyms Helianthella covillei, E. argophylla var. grandiflora
Name authority (A. Nelson) S. F. Blake: J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21: 334. (1931)
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