Flora of North America species comparison

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Hulsea brevifolia

short leaf hulsea, shortleaf alpinegold
Habit Perennials, 30–60 cm.
Stems

1–7, sparsely lanate.
Leaves

mostly cauline;

blades green, lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–11 cm, margins sinuate to toothed (teeth triangular, obtuse), faces sparsely to moderately glandular-villous;

distal cauline leaves ± oblanceolate, gradually reduced.
Involucres

obconic to hemispheric, 10–16 mm diam.
Ray florets

10–23;

corolla tubes hairy, laminae yellow, 10–14 mm.
Disc corollas

yellow.
Phyllaries

8–10 mm, outer lanceolate, apices acuminate.
Heads

3–4.
Cypselae

6–8 mm;

pappus scales unequal, shorter 1–2 mm, longer 2–3 mm.
2n

= 38.

Hulsea brevifolia
Phenology Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat Common after fires, open sites in coniferous forests, mostly coarse-grained volcanic or granitic soils
Elevation 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Hulsea brevifolia grows in the Sierra Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 397.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Hulsea
Sibling taxa
H. algida, H. californica, H. heterochroma, H. mexicana, H. nana, H. vestita
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 359. (1867)
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